Magicicada tredecassini Alexander and Moore, 1962.
Photo credit: by Dan Mozgai
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Song type: Call
Source: ©Cicada Mania | Species: M. tredecassini
Identification Tips
Its abdomen is black. Its chorus sounds like hissing static. It is smaller than M. neotredecim and M. tredecim. It is very similar to the 17-year M. cassinii species.
Brood Chart
Magicicada tredecassini has a 13-Year lifecycle.
| Brood | Year | States |
|---|---|---|
| XIX (19) | 1972, 1985, 1998, 2011, 2024 | AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, VA |
| XXII (22) | 1975, 1988, 2001, 2014, 2027 | KY, LA, MS, OH |
| XXIII (23) | 1976, 1989, 2002, 2015, 2028 | AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, TN |
Name, Location and Description
- Cicada Name: Magicicada tredecassini Alexander and Moore, 1962
- Short Name: M. tredecassini
- Common Name: 13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Cassini
- When: May-June. Peak in June. Every 13 years.
- Where it is found: AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, VA
- Maps: Map
- Description: Black body with orange wings and legs.
- Eye Color: reddish orange
- Pronotal Collar Color: black
- Identification: Bug Guide
- Subject Matter Expert website: Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org)
- Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Song: Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org)
Classification:
Family: Cicadidae
SubFamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Lamotialnini
Sub-Tribe: Tryellina
Genus: Magicicada
Species: Magicicada tredecassini Alexander and Moore, 1962
List of sources
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
- Locations: Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org).
- Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.
- Tribe information comes from: MARSHALL, DAVID C. et al.A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification.Zootaxa, [S.l.], v. 4424, n. 1, p. 1—64, may 2018. ISSN 1175-5334. Available at: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4424.1.1
Notes:
- Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.
9 replies on “Magicicada tredecassini Alexander and Moore, 1962”
Collected deceased specimens of apparent M. tredecassini tonight in Friendsville, TN (Blount County). Very large emergence happened at a friend’s house, but we were only able to make it out today. Low numbers still singing and few still alive. All black abdomens, very small size, no color patch behind eye near wing insertion.
Black abdomens = Magicicada tredecassini Alexander and Moore, 1962. Thanks for sharing.
Should M. tredcassini be here in Montgomery County 2024 brood XIX? So far I have not found any dead ones…mostly M. tredecim and not sure but maybe M. tredecula? Keep looking for an all-black abdomen but no luck so far and they are nearly gone. I can still hear the M. tredecim softly singing in the trees, but probably not for much longer. I will miss them!
You should have tredecassini. They might have all emerged at this point and be up in the trees at this point. They go for the highest trees, while tredecim linger closer to the group.
Thanks Dan!
Found one of these 5/15/23 zip code 72632 Arkansas
3:5 cm .long
Thanks for letting us know!
April 29th 2023. Woke up this morning to find a great number of these magicicada tredecassini molting on various plants and shrubs. Hartselle AL.
Thanks for letting us know!