Other Common Names
17-year locusts, 13-year locusts (Note that true locusts are
grasshoppers.)
Size
27-30 mm body length, wingspan to 76 mm--M. septendecim
(1)Identification
Body black, orange eyes, orange wing veins.
Life Cycle
There are four species with 13-year and three species with 17-year life cycles. The 13-year species are more southern, the 17-year species more northern.
Print References
Marshall, pp. 102-103, p. 139
(2)
Eaton and Kaufman, pp. 90-91
(3)
Brimley, pp. 85-86, gives detailed discussion of North Carolina broods.
(4)Internet References
Univ. Michigan--excellent life history discussion, very spiffy table of broods (link updated 8 July 2007).
Mating call sound files for both M. cassini and M. septendecula on Gerry Bunker's
Brood X stragglers gallery page--scroll to the bottom
