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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadettinae » Lamotialnini » Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada) » tredecassini or tredecula (Magicicada tredecassini or tredecula)
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Cicada - Magicicada
Copyright © 2011 Phillip Harpootlian

Cicada - Magicicada
Eno River S.P, North Carolina, USA
May 3, 2011
Recent mass emergence
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Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 May, 2011 - 5:35pm
Last updated 28 June, 2021 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from Cassin's 13-year Cicada.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 28 June, 2021 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Periodical Cicadas. Presuming these are all the same species, the adults do indeed look like M. tredecassini.
… Cotinis, 6 May, 2011 - 5:25am login or register to post comments

underside abdomen?
As far as I understand, it is very helpful to see the underside of the abdomen, though that "orange behind the eye" helps, too. (Experts correct me if there is something else.) At a couple of suburban sites in Durham, I've been seeing ones with mostly orange abdomens and orange behind the eye, body length about 28 mm--I believe them to be M. tredecim:


At Penny's Bend, along the Eno, but not in the park, I've seen an emergence of smaller cicadas with almost completely dark abdomens and no, or only a hint, of orange behind the eye. These are smaller, with body lengths of about 24 mm. I'm pretty sure these are M. tredecassini:


Drop me an e-mail if you are going to be around Durham for a while!
… Cotinis, 5 May, 2011 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Can't rule out tredecula from
Can't rule out tredecula from the evidence provided. Need a shot of the underside to rule it out.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 28 June, 2021 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Didn't even think to shoot the ventral surface
from your description, I'd say M. tredecassini. I was there for a night only, before heading home - will keep you in mind next time I'm up that way.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 5 May, 2011 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cicadinae.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 5 May, 2011 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

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