What do cicadas eat?
Most cicadas subsist solely on the fluids of a living deciduous tree (trees that lose their leaves in the fall). Magicicada adults live off the fat stored in their bodies but they are capable of sucking fluids from trees. As larvae and nymphs they suck tree fluids from the roots of deciduous trees. If you capture a cicada, giving the creature a broken branch to suck on probably won’t nourish it. You best bet is to take a picture or some video and then release it.
