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Cassin's periodical cicada

Magicicada cassini

Description:

Small cicada red eyes and black underbelly.

Habitat:

Suburban garden

Notes:

Identified as M. cassini due to small size and black underbelly. M. septendecim were also observed (larger and with orange striped underbelly). Appears as both species is part of "Brood X", the 17 year batch of cicadas Based on research from https://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/proje...

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1 Comment

Maria dB
Maria dB 2 years ago

Nice to have a record of the brood on Project Noah!

rydenc17
Spotted by
rydenc17

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Spotted on Jun 9, 2021
Submitted on Jun 9, 2021

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