Magicicada septendecula is a species of insect in family Cicadidae. It is endemic to the United States.

Lifespan

Their median lifespan from egg to natural adult death is around seventeen years. However, their lifespan can range between thirteen and twenty-one years.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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): 10192–10199. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. PMC 4547289. PMID 26286984. 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


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