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Periodical Cicadas
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Periodical Cicadas

Magicicada

Magicicada is the genus of the 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas of eastern North America. Although they are sometimes called "locusts", this is a misnomer, as cicadas belong to the taxonomic order Hemiptera (true bugs), suborder Auchenorrhyncha, while locusts are grasshoppers belonging to the order Orthoptera.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Decim Periodical Cicadas

complexMagicicada septendecim

Cassini Periodical Cicadas

complexMagicicada cassinii

Decula Periodical Cicadas

complexMagicicada septendecula

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83854.