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17-year Cicada

Magicicada cassini

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
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Field Notes

Description:

Magicicada cassini is a noticeably smaller cicada than M. septendecim and has an all black underside of the abdomen. This cicada is older than I am!

Habitat:

Cherry orchard at Fix Farms, found while picking cherries.

Notes:

Lifer! With these cicadas, I was doing much less cherry picking and much more cicada chasing! They were still in full force, there might have been more than when I visited on June 1, 2013! Part of the Brood II mass emergence in the Eastern United Staes. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/25518210

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Comments (7)
Telse
Fantastic! @ Aaron Lol! :0
Aaron_G
It kind of freaks me out that you're holding an insect that is old enough to drive. ;-)
ceherzog
The red eyes are definitive and way cool.
ceherzog
That's a great find, J...I've been wanting to see one of these 17-year-cycle Cicadas.

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World Science Festival Cicada Count
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PublishedJuly 8, 2013

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