Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Cicada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada

There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the globe, and many remain unclassified.

Magicicada is the genus of the 13- and 17- year periodical cicadas of eastern North America. These insects display a unique combination of long life cycles, periodicity, and mass emergences. They are sometimes called "seventeen-year locust"s, but they are not locusts; locusts belong to the order Orthoptera.[1]

So yes it is a Cicada but I don't know if it is the 17 year variety. Check out the Wikipeda site, they have some good photos.


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