13-Year Cicada
Magicicada tredecassini
Adults gather in eastern North American woodlands after emerging from the soil in synchronized broods. They feed on plant fluids and spend much of their brief adult lives in trees. Males produce exceptionally loud mating calls by vibrating specialized abdominal structures.
- Type
- Cry
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- ?
- 13-Year Cicada