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13-year cicada

Magicicada tredecassini Alexander & Moore, 1962

Status not recordedinsects

The 13-year cicada (Magicicada tredecassini) is a species in the family Cicadidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Georgia.

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Quick facts about the 13-year cicada

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the 13-year cicada live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The 13-year cicada is listed for 1 country.

Georgia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Georgia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the 13-year cicada endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the 13-year cicada classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCicadidae
  6. genusMagicicada
  7. SpeciesMagicicada tredecassini Alexander & Moore, 1962

Synonyms Cicada tredecassini, Magicicada cassini, Magicicada trecassini, Magicicada tredecessini, Magicicada tredicassini

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Cassin's 13-year cicadaEnglish
  • Southern black periodical cicadaEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the 13-year cicada

Other species in the same genus Magicicada.

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Common questions

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Where does the 13-year cicada live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the 13-year cicada for 1 country: Georgia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the 13-year cicada?

The 13-year cicada (Magicicada tredecassini) belongs to the family Cicadidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). 13-year cicada (Magicicada tredecassini). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/13-year-cicada

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BibTeX
@misc{13_year_cicada_2026,
  title = {13-year cicada (Magicicada tredecassini)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/13-year-cicada},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}