Cicada (Magicicada sp.)
Description:
Category hierarchy: Animals | Insects
Description: Two cicadas crawling up a tree. Cicadas (Cicadidae, Magicicada) are 13- and 17- year periodical cicadas of North America. These insects display a unique combination of long life cycles, periodicity, and mass emergences. Often called "locusts," but they are not locusts; locusts are "grasshopper-like" and belong to the order Orthoptera.
Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS Elan II
Capture details: Film: Fuji Provia 100F
Original date: 20040500
Locality: Latitude: 3.743160000000000e+001; Longitude: -7.865689999999999e+001
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- Cicadomorpha (cicadas and relatives)
- Cicadoidea (Cicadas, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
- Cicadidae (cicadas)
- Magicicada (Periodical Cicadas)
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