Magicicada septendecim
This red and black cicada is quite attractive compared to some of the other Eastern cicadas. He or she may have lost some of his appeal
with the amputation of one of his right legs (look left). None of the people in Ohio think he is at all attractive since he and
all the other cicadas are out by the millions crashing into people and cars. © Louise Schlensker, 5-25-2006
Cicada nymphs live underground and molt four times, according to the University of Florida web site, and then they leave the ground,
attach themselves to a tree and molt for the fifth time (when they emerge with wings). The hundreds of casings in this photo are from
the last molt. I have included these Ohio photos on my site so the people in the Western U. S. can feel grateful they don't have to put up
with these. We have large Mormon Crickets but they don't look as horrible or make the high decibel noise that cicadas
produce. © Louise Schlensker, 5-25-2006
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