Cassin's Periodical Cicada - Magicicada cassinii
Magicicada is the genus of the 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas of eastern North America. Although they are sometimes called "locusts", this is a misnomer as cicadas belong to the taxonomic order Homoptera, while locusts belong to Orthoptera. This particular cicada is a 17-year cicada and was part of Brood II, which last emerged in 2013.
Habitat: Spotted along the Hudson River in upstate New York.
''Magicicada cassinii'',While the original and correct spelling for Fisher's 17-year species is ''cassinii'', with two 'i's, a large majority of publications have spelled the name ''cassini'' since the mid-1960s. However, the original spelling has been maintained throughout by taxonomic catalogues, and the rules of nomenclature support the priority of ''cassinii'' . The correct spelling for the 13-year relative is ''tredecassini''. sometimes called the 17-year cicada or the dwarf periodical cicada,.. more
