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Cicada Brood XIII in 2024

Brood XIII is a 17-year periodical cicada brood that appears in northern Illinois.

This brood contains three different species.

				sources
species	distinguishing features [2]	songs	Google Images	uconn.edu	bugguide	cicadamania
Magicicada cassini, AKA -cassini	entirely black abdomen call is a buzz with ticks choruses sound like a continuous buzz/static	songs	google images	//uconn.edu	//bugguide	//cicadamania
Magicicada septendecim, AKA -decim	the largest of the three males and females have wide orange stripes on abdomen call is a "wee-oh" or "phaaaaaaroh" choruses sound like a continuous drone	songs	google images	//uconn.edu	//bugguide	//cicadamania
Magicicada septendecula, AKA -decula	much more rare males have narrow orange stripes on abdomen call is a series of "tss's", "zips", and "ticks" choruses are unusual due to individual rarity, but can sound like loud ticks	songs	google images	//uconn.edu	//bugguide	//cicadamania

Video of cicadas mating. (this entire 21 minute video is worth watching)

Photos with very nice detail (many from Wikipedia):