1. Magicicada Septendecim By Jesse Stafford

2. What about Magicicada Septendecim?
Winged insect
See through membrane wings
Makes buzzing and clicking noise
Compound eyes
Size 0.75 to 2.25in
Population: 1,500+

3. Classification
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods Class Insecta - Insects Order Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies Family Cicadidae - Cicadas Genus Magicicada - Periodical Cicadas Species septendecim - Magicicada septendecim

4. Geographic Range/Habitat
Found in temperate to tropical environments around the word.

5. Feeding Habits
Life History

6. Feeding Habits Cicadas do not have chewing mouth parts Cannot bit
Herbivore
Uses a sucking
mouth part called
maxilla

7. Feeding Habits Cont. Feeds on “root juice” during early stages
of development
When adults, they feed off of tree fluids

8. Reproductive Habits
Life History

9. Reproductive Habits
Female
Male

10. Reproductive Habits Cont.
Males attract females by making a buzzing noise
The male has a specialized abdomen that creates the noise
Some specie’s noise can be heard up to a mile away
The sound of the cicada can be used to determine the species

11. Reproductive Habits Cont.
Cicada are dioecious
Hemimetabolous metamorphosis
Female lays eggs in a groove of a small branch
The larvae is hatched and falls to the ground
Digs itself in the dirt until it finds a root
Takes 2 to 17 years (depending on species) feeding off the root nutrients
Larvae travels to the surface and becomes a nymph

12. Reproductive Habits Cont.

13. Reproductive Habits Cont.
The nymphs climb up the tree or grass and start to shed their exoskeleton
Wings expand and body hardens

14. Reproductive Habits Cont.

15. The Long Haul
Special Adaption

16. The Long haul Cicadas appear every year Some species are annual
Others are periodical
Scientists speculate that some species do not come out for years due to climate change
Another theory is that they stayed underground to ride out the ice age
There are many guesses why some only come out ever 2 to 17 years but it is not certain and they will continue for decades to come

17. Deforestation
Recent studies

18. Deforestation
Indiana University has researched the effects of cutting forest down for homes and businesses
They compared data taken from 1902 to
The population of cicadas in the north has deceased by large numbers due to cutting trees down
They are also currently conducting studies on how the cicada laying their eggs in the branches of young trees affect the trees life by analyzing the tree rings

19. Works Cited
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