About Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus, 1758)
Like other species in the genus Magicicada, this insect has reddish eyes and wing veins, and a black dorsal thorax. It can be distinguished by broad orange stripes on the underside of its abdomen, and orange patches on the sides of the thorax between the eye and the forewings. Its mating call is a high-pitched song described as resembling the phrases "weeeee-whoa" or "Pharaoh", a trait it shares with the recently discovered 13-year species Magicicada neotredecim. Due to similarities between M. septendecim and the two closely related 13-year species M. neotredecim and M. tredecim, all three are often grouped together and referred to as "decim periodical cicadas". The median life cycle of this species, from egg to natural adult death, is around seventeen years. Its total life cycle can range from thirteen to twenty-one years.
