Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Garden-1
Keywords: A Garden-1 cicada
Additional Information:


I found these cicadas and their parts in my yard in May 1987. They all appear to be Magicicada septendecim. Females have pointed abdomen apices and ovipositors (egg-laying structures), and males have rounded abdomen apices with genital capsules. Some of the cicadas show bird-feeding damage including consumption of missing parts. English Sparrows, Starlings, and other birds feasted on the 1987 cicadas.

E. M. B. (May 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Garden-1
Keywords: A Garden-1 cicada
Additional Information:


These images are of turrets made by Magicicada septendecim in my yard and larvae that were in the turrets.   Many larvae of this species make turrents.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.”   The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A Garden-1 cicada
Additional Information:


Many larvae of Magicicada septendecim crawl up tree trunks and metamorphose into adults on the trunks, branches, and leaves. These larvae are charging up a Tulip Tree.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.” The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date:

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Chesapeake & Ohio National Historical Park
Keywords: A Chesapeake & Ohio National Historical Park BSWCOCNHP Garden-1
Additional Information:


These images are of turrets made by Magicicada septendecim in Chesapeake & Ohio National Historical Park, Maryland.   Many larvae of this species make turrents.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.”   The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: not applicable
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A cicada GU
Additional Information:


These images are of burrows made by Magicicada septendecim, larval skins, and adults under a Red Maple and larval skins on leaves of a Red Maple at Georgetown University.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.”   The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: not applicable
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A cicada GU
Additional Information:


These are chocolate covered teneral adults of Magicicada septendecim prepared by Professor Martha Weiss of Georgetown University.   Yummy!

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.”   The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Garden-1
Keywords: A Garden-1 cicada
Additional Information:


These adults of Magicicada septendecim with defromed wings.   Such cicadas often occur in emergences of new adults.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.”   The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Garden-1
Keywords: A fungus Garden-1 cicada
Additional Information:


Some Magicicada septendecim are infected with the fungus Massaspora cicadina Peck.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.” The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Garden-1
Keywords: A fungus Garden-1 cicada
Additional Information:


It’s often unsafe to be a Magicicada septendecim on a road. Cars and other vehicles may kill millions of Periodical Cicadas.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.” The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: not applicable
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A cicada GU
Additional Information:


These Magicicada septendecim were mating on low plants.  

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.”   The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: not applicable
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A cicada GU
Additional Information:


Magicicada spp. leave larval exuviae (= “shells”) on many substrates including fences, plants, sides of houses and other buildings, and tree trunks.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.” The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: not applicable
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A cicada Rock Creek Park
Additional Information:


Magicicada spp. leave larval exuviae (= “shells”) on many substrates including fences, plants, sides of houses and other buildings, and tree trunks.

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.” The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)



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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: 19 May 1987

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Garden-1
Keywords: A cicada Garden-1 molting
Additional Information:


I photographed several adult Magicicada septendecim emerging from their larvae during the night of 14–15 May 2004.   The images below are in chronological order.  

For more information about cicadas on this Website, please use keyword “cicada.”   The Periodical Cicada information sheet contains much written information.

E. M. B. (June 2004)


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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date:

Photographer: Michael Hickey

Identifier:
Collector: not applicable
Location: Garden-1
Keywords: A cicada Michael Hickey
Additional Information:

These images are from the lawn of Professor Michael Hickey. The wooden border around his small tree appears to be too much for the larvae to scale and has caused a small traffic jam.

D.S.K (2004)

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada septendecim
Common Name: Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada (Movie)

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County:
Date:

Photographer: D. S. Kjar

Identifier:
Collector: not applicable
Location: Observatory Hill
Keywords: A Garden-1 cicada movie
Additional Information:


This is a movie of some cicadas sitting on nettle. In the background you can hear the sound the cicadas produce. The movie is 18 megabytes. If you do not have a fast internet connection it will take quite a while to download. -D.S.K
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