Pharaoh Cicada
Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pharaoh Cicada: https://mail.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/6209
Synonyms
Septemdecim Periodical Cicada 
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1,457 Records

Pharaoh Cicada in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/19/2021). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). - Hans Holbrook.

Description

Compare other Magicica species. Try to get photos of the abdomen or record audio. Brood X will have broad orange stripes on abdomen (more orange than black). This species is larger than the other two species and the only one with the orange marking between the eye and the wing base. Because people tend to collect/document the largest cicadas they see, this species is probably over-sampled (R. Orr, pers. comm.). Song is also diagnostic. Report unidentified Periodical Cicada species and read general info at the genus page. Excellent info at Cicada Mania web site.

Relationships

Emerging nymphs documented as prey of Limax maximus (Norden & Williams, 2015).

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