{"id":14129,"date":"2020-04-14T17:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T00:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=14129"},"modified":"2024-08-01T19:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T02:11:30","slug":"magicicada-cassinii-fisher-1852-aka-cassini-17-year-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/magicicada-cassinii-fisher-1852-aka-cassini-17-year-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852) aka Cassin 17-Year Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852) aka Cassini 17-Year Cicada.<\/p>\n<p>Update (4\/10\/2022) David C. Marshall published a paper arguing for the use of the name Magicicada cassini (one i): Marshall, David C. <strong>On the spelling of the name of Cassin\u2019s 17-Year Cicada, Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)<\/strong>. 2022. Zootaxa 5125 (2): 241\u2013245. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.11646\/zootaxa.5125.2.8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.11646\/zootaxa.5125.2.8<\/a><\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magicicada-cassini-in-Princeton-NJ-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Magicicada cassini; Brood X straggler\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magicicada-cassini-in-Princeton-NJ-2017.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magicicada-cassini-in-Princeton-NJ-2017-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magicicada-cassini-in-Princeton-NJ-2017-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Female-Magicicada-cassini-Colonia-NJ.jpg\" alt=\"Female Magicicada cassini Colonia NJ\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Female-Magicicada-cassini-Colonia-NJ.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Female-Magicicada-cassini-Colonia-NJ-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Female-Magicicada-cassini-Colonia-NJ-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/cicadas\/tag\/m-cassini\/\" >Magicicada cassinii images &#038; info<\/a> on cicadamania.com.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>M. cassini Court II &#038; III.<\/strong> Recorded in New York, Brood II (2013) by Dan Mozgai.<\/h3>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14129-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassiniCourt-II-and-III-NY-Brood-II-2013.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassiniCourt-II-and-III-NY-Brood-II-2013.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassiniCourt-II-and-III-NY-Brood-II-2013.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;Cicada Mania<\/strong> | Species: <strong>M. cassini<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Distress<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14129-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-distress-DanMozgai.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-distress-DanMozgai.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-distress-DanMozgai.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;Cicada Mania<\/strong> | Species: <strong>M. cassini<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14129-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-chorus-2013-BroodII.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-chorus-2013-BroodII.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-chorus-2013-BroodII.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;Cicada Mania<\/strong> | Species: <strong>M. cassini<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Call<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14129-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-calling-JoeGreen.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-calling-JoeGreen.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-calling-JoeGreen.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;Joe Green<\/strong> | Species: <strong>M. cassini<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14129-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-Chorus-Brood-II.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-Chorus-Brood-II.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/M-cassini-Chorus-Brood-II.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;Cicada Mania<\/strong> | Species: <strong>M. cassini<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPRZBaR9FSo?feature=player_detailpage\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Video Playlist<\/h2>\n<p>Playlists contain multiple videos found on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLMeYvbKcL_bJutyqDgs_LEe8h8WWzzhKe\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Identification Tips<\/h2>\n<p>M. cassinii differs from other Magicicada in that its abdomen is typically all black, with no orange. Exceptions occur in the mid-west, the occasional <a href=\"\/cicadas\/brood-x-stragglers-from-2017-in-princeton\/\">mosaic pigment mutation<\/a>. It also lacks the orange coloring between the eye and wing that <a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-septendecim-linnaeus-1758-aka-linnaeuss-17-year-cicada\/\">M. septendecim<\/a> has. Its chorus sounds like hissing static. <\/p>\n<h2>M. cassini Brood Chart<\/h2>\n<p>Magicicada cassinii has a 17-year lifecycle.<\/p>\n<table id=\"brood-chart\">\n<tr>\n<th>Brood<\/th>\n<th>Years<\/th>\n<th class=\"state-heading\">States<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-odd\">\n<td id=\"I-(1)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-i\/\">I (1)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1961, 1978, 1995, 2012, 2029<\/td>\n<td>\nTN, VA, WVA\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-even\">\n<td id=\"II-(2)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-ii\/\">II (2)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1962, 1979, 1996, 2013, 2030<\/td>\n<td>\nCT, GA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, VA\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-odd\">\n<td id=\"III-(3)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-iii\/\">III (3)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1963, 1980, 1997, 2014, 2031<\/td>\n<td>\nIA, IL, MO\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-even\">\n<td id=\"IV-(4)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-iv\/\">IV (4)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1964, 1981, 1998, 2015, 2032<\/td>\n<td>\nIA, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-odd\">\n<td id=\"V-(5)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-v\/\">V (5)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1965, 1982, 1999, 2016, 2033<\/td>\n<td>\nLI NY, western MD, east OH, south-west PA, north-west VA, northern half of WV\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-even\">\n<td id=\"VIII-(8)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-viii\/\">VIII (8)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1968, 1985, 2002, 2019, 2026<\/td>\n<td>\nOH, PA, WVA and OK\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-odd\">\n<td id=\"IX-(9)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-ix\/\">IX (9)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1952, 1969, 1986, 2003, 2020<\/td>\n<td>\nNC, VA, WVA\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-even\">\n<td id=\"X-(10)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-x\/\">X (10)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1953, 1970, 1987, 2004, 2021<\/td>\n<td>\nDE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WVA, Washington DC<br \/>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-odd\">\n<td id=\"XIII-(13)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-xiii\/\">XIII (13)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1956, 1973, 1990, 2007, 2024<\/td>\n<td>\nIA, IL, IN, MI, WI\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-even\">\n<td id=\"XIV-(14)\">\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/broods\/brood-xiv\/\">XIV (14)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>1957, 1974, 1991, 2008, 2025<\/td>\n<td>\nGA, IN, KY, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Name, Location and Description<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"speciesinfo\">\n<li><strong>Cicada Name:<\/strong> Magicicada cassinii (Fisher, 1852) <\/li>\n<li><strong>Short Name:<\/strong> M. cassinii<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Dwarf Periodical Cicada, Cassini Periodical Cicada or 17-Year Cicada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Synonym\/Former Name:<\/strong> Magicicada cassini<\/li>\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> May-June. Peak in June. Every 17 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where it is found:<\/strong> GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maps:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cicadas.uconn.edu\/\">Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Description:<\/strong> Black body with orange wings and legs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eye Color:<\/strong> reddish orange<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronotal Collar Color:<\/strong> black<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/57940\" >Bug Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/549305-Magicicada-cassinii\" >iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Subject Matter Expert website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cicadas.uconn.edu\/m_cassini\/\">Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taxonomic Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=847189\" >Integrated Taxonomic Information System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Song:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cicadas.uconn.edu\/m_cassini\/\" >Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Classification:<\/h2>\n<p>Family: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubFamily: Cicadettinae<br \/>\nTribe:  Lamotialnini<br \/>\nSub-Tribe: Tryellina<br \/>\nGenus: Magicicada<br \/>\nSpecies: <em>Magicicada cassinii<\/em> (Fisher, 1852)\t<\/p>\n<h2>List of sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov<\/li>\n<li>Common names: BugGuide.net; <em>The Songs of Insects<\/em> by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.<\/li>\n<li>Locations: <a href=\"https:\/\/cicadas.uconn.edu\/\">Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.<\/li>\n<li>Tribe  information comes from: MARSHALL, DAVID C. et al.<strong>A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification.Zootaxa<\/strong>, [S.l.], v. 4424, n. 1, p. 1&mdash;64, may 2018. ISSN 1175-5334. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biotaxa.org\/Zootaxa\/article\/view\/zootaxa.4424.1.1\">https:\/\/www.biotaxa.org\/Zootaxa\/article\/view\/zootaxa.4424.1.1<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Notes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852) aka Cassini 17-Year Cicada. Update (4\/10\/2022) David C. Marshall published a paper arguing for the use of the name Magicicada cassini (one i): Marshall, David C. On the spelling of the name of Cassin\u2019s 17-Year Cicada, Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). 2022. Zootaxa 5125 (2): 241\u2013245. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.11646\/zootaxa.5125.2.8 All Magicicada cassinii [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,669,2,155,174],"tags":[257],"class_list":["post-14129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sounds","category-lamotialnini","category-magicicada","category-periodical","category-united-states","tag-m-cassini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}