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Photo by Akhil
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Description:

Help me with identifying this Cicada. It was very noisy.

Notes:

I found it in a isolated section of the library and I did not kill it, dirt was sticking on it all over, so I cleaned the poor thing and left it to rest in some corner. I found it dead the other day. Then I found out that they do not live much longer after waking up from their long 17 years slumber.

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Comments (7)
Akhil
thanks, this site is useful and so many helpful people on here :-)
mauna Kunzah
Akhil, 17 year cicadas are only found in Eastern North America. Pretty cool looking one you've found, though.
Mark Ridgway
wow hard... maybe we wait for an expert to log in :) good luck
Akhil
Oh! I did not knew that, still waiting for an ID.
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for those pics - they are much better.That's right about the 17 years Akhil but ONLY for some species. Do you know other cicada species have different cycles but always a prime number !! (3 5 7 11 13 17 19 etc.) Now to find an ID.
Akhil
haha I will crop the image, I thought people would be able to zoom in on it.
Mark Ridgway
Hi Akhil. Can you crop pic to make it look bigger? If so noisy maybe a glorified politician cicada. :)

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World Science Festival Cicada Count
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