Pharaoh Cicada
Magicicada septendecim
Summary 7
Magicicada septendecim, sometimes called the Pharaoh cicada or the 17 year locust, is native to Canada and the United States and is the largest and most northern species of periodical cicada with a 17-year life cycle.
Habitat 8
The majority of the life of Magicicada septendecim is spent in an underground or subterranean habitat. The area in which a periodical cicada brood is located must contain a large population of deciduous trees, on whose roots the cicadas feed during the underground nymph stages. The trees are also necesary for the molt into adulthood, choruses, and egg-laying (Boyer 1996).
Habitat Regions: temperate ; terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: forest
Other Habitat Features: suburban
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- (c) Martin Hauser, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Magicicada_fg08.jpg/460px-Magicicada_fg08.jpg
- anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Magicicada.JPG/460px-Magicicada.JPG
- (c) Martin Hauser, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Magicicada_fg06_ver%C3%A4ndert.jpg
- (c) Alex K. Sweeney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex K. Sweeney
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magicicada_septendecim
- (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31404447
