17 Year Cicadas
Magicicada septendecim, the Latin name for the 17-year cicada, is one of the longest living insects and also one of the loudest.
It's believed that periodical cicada appear every year somewhere in the U.S. since there are 17 different broods, each numbered in order of their appearance. Most of these broods aren't so numerous or make sufficient noise to deserve our scrutiny, but others, including Brood XIII, the biggest and most widespread brood, most certainly get our attention whenever it's their turn to greet the Sun.
The realm of Brood XIII is the Middle Atlantic and Mid West states -- an especially dense knot of cicada emerge in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Virginia.
What are they
They are black, with red eyes and yellow or orange stripes on the underside. The wings are translucent and have orange veins.They are harmless insects; they neither bite nor sting. They are not poisonous, and there is no evidence that they transmit diseases. They generally do not pose a threat to vegetation, but young plants may be damaged by excessive feeding or egg laying. It is thus advised not to plant new trees or shrubs just before an emergence of the periodical cicadas. Mature plants usually do not suffer lasting damage even by a mass-emergence.
Read more from International Herald Tribune May 20, 2007.
Resource Links
- 17 Year Cicadas
- 17-Year Periodical Cicadas (2004)- Selected Internet Resources-Library of Congress-Science reference Services.
- Cicada Facts: Understanding the Invasion
- As so-called Brood XIII cicadas begin erupting from midwestern U.S. lawns, fields, and farms for the first time in 17 years, find out what's behind the buzz.
- National Geographic Search: Cicada
- Past news and articles on Cicadas published by NationalGeographic.com,
- Cicada Mania
- Information, video, audio and over 500 photos of cicadas, including 17-year periodical Magicicadas, Tibicens, and many international species. Cicada tshirts and souveniers. Both scientific, pop culture. This year we include information about Brood XIII cicadas which will emerge in the mid west...
- Periodical Cicadas
- While the familiar green-and-black Dog-Day Cicadas are present every July and August in small numbers, the Periodical Cicadas appear, simultaneously, only once in seventeen years in any given area. Periodical cicadas do not emerge everywhere at the same time. Twelve broods of 17-year cicadas appear in different areas of the northeastern U.S. in different years, emerging from late May through June...
- The 17 year cicadas are coming this year
- In case you haven't heard yet, the cicadas are coming this year. In the next few months you will be hearing about the impending emergence of the 17 year...
- UMMZ Periodical Cicada Page
- No periodical cicadas are expected to emerge in 2006. Next year, however, the 17-year cicadas will make an appearance in eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and along the southern edge of Late Michigan. Dense populations of this brood (Brood XIII) will emerge in farm-edge woods along rivers as well as in suburban Chicago backyards and forest preserves...
- Magicicada septendecim
- Periodical cicadas (members of the genus Magicicada) are only found in the United States, east of the Great Plains. Magicicada septendecim is found in the eastern, western, and especially northern parts of this area, thus being primarily located in the northern midwestern and eastern United States (Simon 1996)..
- Magicicada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Magicicada is the genus of the 13- and 17- year periodical cicadas of eastern North America. These insects display a unique combination of long life cycles, periodicity, and mass emergences. They sometimes go by the common name "seventeen-year locust", but they are not locusts; locusts belong to the order Orthoptera...
17 Year Cicada News Update
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byFeeds from Cicada Mania
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byby dinodino
Life of an Amazon AWS, aStore, Squidoo Lens and Zimbio Wikizine builder and contributer - random thoughts, simple mind, going ga-ga... (more)
Explore related pages
"By Invitation Only" Group Lensmaster Jurists- "By Invitation Only" is a group of regular lensmasters, li...
Going Buggy Headquarters- The group for lenses about insects, spiders, and creepy crawly bugs! G rated le...
burn-my-feed- Burning your RSS feed at FeedBurner before feeding it to your Squidoo lens is ab...
On The MindSet- Life of an Amazon AWS, aStore and Squidoo Lens builder - random thoughts, simple...
Amazon aStores - The No-Nonsense Guide- aStore for Amazon Associates, the new buzz word from Amazon.com, let Associates...
