13-year Cicada – Magicicada tredecim

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13-year Cicada (Magicicada Tredecim)

Latin Name:  Magicicada tredecim

Common Name: 13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Decim

Appearance:

Magicicada tredecim is a 13-year periodical cicada closely related to the newly discovered 13-year species Magicicada neotredecim. It differs in male song pitch, female song pitch preferences, abdomen color, and mitochondrial DNA from the newly discovered 13-year species Magicicada neotredecim. Cicadas with a 13-year lifespan emerge in the south.

  • 13-Year Cicada has a striking black body with red eyes and orange wing veins.
  • Body length (from the front of the head to the tip of the subgenital plate) is 28-33 mm.
  • The body is black with orange wings and legs. The abdomen has orange stripes. Between the eye and the wing is bright orange.

Territory:

Magicicada species may be found all across the southeast United States.

Damages caused by13-Year Cicada:

Cicadas may cause tree damage, but not in the manner you might expect. The adults may eat leaves, but not in sufficient quantities to cause significant or long-term harm. The larvae fall to the ground and crawl deep to the roots, feeding until they pupate.

Description about Leafminers:

Leafminer adults are tiny flies with yellow sections on their thorax, legs, and abdomen. They are 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) long, black to blue, and have yellow portions on their thorax, legs, and abdomen. There is generally a visible yellow patch at the base of the wings. Pupation takes happen underground or in mines. During the summer, the life cycle takes around 23 days. Three to five generations pass every year. Leafminers rarely afflict beans. After the harvesting season, their quality deteriorates the bulk of the time. Large whitish blotches or, in the case of serpentine leafminers, thin, white, winding paths into the leaf’s core occur from the larvae eating between the upper and lower leaf surfaces.

Life History and Habits:

Entomologists are unaware of the 13-year cicadas’ life cycle. Periodical cicadas need 13 years to mature from their subterranean nymph stage. They all arrive at the same moment every 13 years. With a lifetime of 13 years, they are the world’s longest-living insects. The length of time it takes for periodic cicadas to grow into adults divides them into two races. They have a thirteen-year life cycle from egg to natural adult mortality. On the other hand, their life cycle can last anywhere from nine to seventeen years. Brood XIX, Brood XXII, and Brood XXIII are the three existing broods of 13-year cicadas that have been seen.