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CICADA
Magicicada Septendecim
By Jesse Stafford
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+
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
Geographic Range/Habitat
Found in temperate to tropical environments around the word.
Feeding Habits
LIFE HISTORY
FEEDING HABITS
Cicadas do not have chewing mouth parts
Cannot bit Herbivore Uses a sucking
mouth part calledmaxilla
FEEDING HABITS CONT.
Feeds on “root juice”during early stages of development
When adults, they feed off of tree fluids
Reproductive Habits
LIFE HISTORY
REPRODUCTIVE HABITS
Female
Male
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
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
REPRODUCTIVE HABITS CONT.
REPRODUCTIVE HABITS CONT.
The nymphs climb up the tree or grass and start to shed their exoskeleton
Wings expand and body hardens
REPRODUCTIVE HABITS CONT.
The Long Haul
SPECIAL ADAPTION
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
Deforestation
RECENT STUDIES
DEFORESTATION
Indiana University has researched the effects of cutting forest down for homes and businesses
They compared data taken from 1902 to 1987-88
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
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