Magicicada septendecim, sometimes called the Pharaoh cicada or the 17-year locust, is native to Canada and the United States and is the largest and most northern species of periodical cicada with a 17-year lifecycle.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pharaoh Cicada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Magicicada tredecim
- Magicicada neotredecim
- Magicicada septendecula
- Magicicada tredecula
- Magicicada cassinii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Magicicada
- Species
- Magicicada septendecim
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