{"id":3606,"date":"2016-04-27T01:01:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T08:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2024-07-31T18:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T01:47:31","slug":"use-the-right-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/use-the-right-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Please use the correct imagery for 17 year cicadas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re writing an article about the coming emergence of the 17-year periodical cicadas, please use the correct genus &#038; species of cicadas. <\/p>\n<p>The genus of all 17-year cicadas is Magicicada, and <strong>they are never green<\/strong>. The three species of 17-year cicadas are Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada cassini, and Magicicada septendecula. They&#8217;re all black with orange wings and legs and red eyes (some exceptions, but they&#8217;re never green). The four species of 13-year cicadas are Magicicada neotredecim, Magicicada tredecim, Magicicada tredecassini and Magicicada tredecula (also never green). <a href=\"\/cicadas\/where-will-17-13-year-periodical-cicadas-emerge-next\/\">More information about these species<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>An adult Magicicada septendecim by Dan Mozgai\/cicadamania.com:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magicicada-septendecim-Brood-VII-2018-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Magicicada-septendecim-Brood-VII-2018-09.jpg\" alt=\"Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018 09\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Magicicada-septendecim-Brood-VII-2018-09.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Magicicada-septendecim-Brood-VII-2018-09-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An adult Magicicada septendecim by Dan Mozgai\/cicadamania.com:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260204.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260204-600px.jpg\" alt=\"Face of an adult cicada\" width=\"600\" height=\"561\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260204-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260204-600px-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A newly emerged, teneral, Magicicada septendecim by Dan Mozgai\/cicadamania.com:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260068-600px.jpg\" alt=\"Teneral Cicada\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260068-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/P5260068-600px-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>17-year cicada video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A singing Magicicada septendecim:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/68103592\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/68103592\">Singing Magicicada septendecim<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/cicadamania\">Cicada Mania<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Magicicada septendecim laying eggs:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iqyTacHziIg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Magicicada septendecim up close (deceased):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_zm3DjL1T0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Magicicada on a tree (mostly Magicicada cassini):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rh9BuW9FSW4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the sake of cicada correctness, feel free to use them in your article. Just credit cicadamania.com.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking to license Magicicada images or HD Video, Roy Troutman has plenty of both. <a href=\"\/cicadas\/roy-troutman\/\">Reach out to him<\/a> if interested. His images and video are tagged throughout the site. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of shed cicada skins (exuvia) by Troutman:<\/p>\n<p>Click\/tap for a larger version:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2014-Ohio-Exuvia-Pile-by-Roy-Troutman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2014-Ohio-Exuvia-Pile-by-Roy-Troutman-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2014 Ohio Exuvia Pile by Roy Troutman\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2014-Ohio-Exuvia-Pile-by-Roy-Troutman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2014-Ohio-Exuvia-Pile-by-Roy-Troutman-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2014-Ohio-Exuvia-Pile-by-Roy-Troutman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2014-Ohio-Exuvia-Pile-by-Roy-Troutman-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2014-Ohio-Exuvia-Pile-by-Roy-Troutman.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Wrong Cicadas:<\/h3>\n<p>If the cicada you use in your article is green, it isn&#8217;t a 17-year cicada. I repeat: <span style=\"font-size:200%; color:#0C0\">if the cicada is <strong>green<\/strong> it is not a 17-year cicada.<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>The cicada at the top of the Wikipedia page for cicadas is not a 17-year cicada, it&#8217;s an annual cicada called Neotibicen linnei:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Tibicenlinnei.jpg\" alt=\"Tibicen linnei\" width=\"251\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3607\" \/><br \/>(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neotibicen#\/media\/File:Tibicen_linnei.jpg\">photo credit<\/a> for this Neotibicen linnei).<\/p>\n<h3>Looking for people to speak at a conference or &#8220;cicadacon&#8221;?<\/h3>\n<p>Need a speaker for a Cicada Convention or a Periodical Cicada Event? Try these folks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cooley.eeb.uconn.edu\">John Cooley of Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.msj.edu\/kritskg\/Site\/Home.html\">Gene Kritsky of Mount St. Joseph University<\/a>, author of the Magicicada book <em>The Plague and the Puzzle<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re writing an article about the coming emergence of the 17-year periodical cicadas, please use the correct genus &#038; species of cicadas. The genus of all 17-year cicadas is Magicicada, and they are never green. The three species of 17-year cicadas are Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada cassini, and Magicicada septendecula. They&#8217;re all black with orange [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2,155,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cicada-mania","category-magicicada","category-periodical","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606","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=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}