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Adult, Chrysalis-Case, Pupa, Entrances to Burrows and Egg-Nests.
In the winged state Cicada septendecim is of a black color, with transparent wings and wing-covers, the thick anterior edge and veins of which being orange-red. Near the tips of the latter there is a dusky zig-zag line which resembles in shape the letter W. The eyes, when living, are also red, while the legs are a dull orange, which color is conspicuous along the edges of the rings of the body. The wings expand from two and a half to three and a quarter inches.
- Author
- Intelligence in Plants and Animals
Thomas George Gentry
Published 1900
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