17-year cicada

Magicicada septendecim · Cicadidae

Magicicada septendecim, sometimes called the Pharaoh cicada or the 17-year locust, is native to Canada and the United States and is the largest and most northern species of periodical cicada with a 17-year lifecycle.

Where the 17-year cicada lives

Recorded in United States of America (North America).

Most records fall in Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

See the 17-year cicada’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Near threatened (NT). Not at risk yet, but could be soon. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 13,340 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.