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| Species: | M. septendecula |
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| Magicicada septendecula Alexander & Moore, 1962 | |
Magicicada septendecula is a species of insect in family Cicadidae. It is endemic to the United States.
Life Cycle
Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around seventeen years. However, their life cycle can range between thirteen and twenty-one years.[1]
References
- ^ Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (33): 3. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- Alexander, Richard D; Moore, Thomas Edwin (1962), The Evolutionary Relationships of 17-year and 13-year Cicadas, and Three New Species (Homoptera, Cicadidae, Magicicada), Ann Arbor: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Magicicada septendecula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12692A3373704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12692A3373704.en.