Comments on: Be on the lookout for Brood XIV stragglers? http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/ Dedicated to cicadas, the most amazing insects in the world. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Marshall http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/comment-page-1/#comment-59866 Dave Marshall Wed, 06 May 2009 15:15:31 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/#comment-59866 Generally, when thousands of stragglers have been observed at once in the past (at a given site), it has usually been a four-year-premature emergence of 17-yr cicadas. That kind of life-cycle plasticity seems especially likely to involve large numbers at once compared to other kinds of straggling (like 1 or 2 yrs early or late, where usually only a few are observed). So these are probably going to turn out to be Brood II. I would recommend a separate item on cicadamania that alerts people within the range of Brood II to keep an eye out so we can see if it happens throughout the whole range of the Brood or not. Generally, when thousands of stragglers have been observed at once in the past (at a given site), it has usually been a four-year-premature emergence of 17-yr cicadas. That kind of life-cycle plasticity seems especially likely to involve large numbers at once compared to other kinds of straggling (like 1 or 2 yrs early or late, where usually only a few are observed). So these are probably going to turn out to be Brood II. I would recommend a separate item on cicadamania that alerts people within the range of Brood II to keep an eye out so we can see if it happens throughout the whole range of the Brood or not.

]]> By: Dan http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/comment-page-1/#comment-59863 Dan Tue, 05 May 2009 13:55:48 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/#comment-59863 Right. By the maps they're either Brood II accelerated 4 years (which sort of makes sense), or XIX accelerated 2 years which would make them Magicicada neotredecim. John Cooley took a look that the photos and said Magicicada septendecim, but until we get a specimen and test them, we won't know. Right. By the maps they’re either Brood II accelerated 4 years (which sort of makes sense), or XIX accelerated 2 years which would make them Magicicada neotredecim. John Cooley took a look that the photos and said Magicicada septendecim, but until we get a specimen and test them, we won’t know.

]]> By: Roy Troutman http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/comment-page-1/#comment-59862 Roy Troutman Tue, 05 May 2009 06:06:36 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/#comment-59862 Greensboro is well out of the Brood XIV range according to current maps published & last year's sightings data on the magicicada.org website ( http://magicicada.org/databases/magicicada/map.html ). The southern range of Brood II (2013) gets into north central North Carolina ( http://magicicada.org/about/brood_pages/broodII.php ). These are most likely 4 year accelerated cicadas emerging from that particular brood. Cool to see that happening down there. Greensboro is well out of the Brood XIV range according to current maps published & last year’s sightings data on the magicicada.org website ( http://magicicada.org/databases/magicicada/map.html ). The southern range of Brood II (2013) gets into north central North Carolina ( http://magicicada.org/about/brood_pages/broodII.php ). These are most likely 4 year accelerated cicadas emerging from that particular brood. Cool to see that happening down there.

]]> By: Matt http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/comment-page-1/#comment-59861 Matt Tue, 05 May 2009 02:09:59 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/#comment-59861 I will be on the look out for sure! Once I get out of West Virginia I will be on the look out for sure!
Once I get out of West Virginia

]]> By: Tommy http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/comment-page-1/#comment-59860 Tommy Mon, 04 May 2009 20:33:06 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/#comment-59860 We're in Greensboro, NC. I'll attach photos to an e-mail to the address you listed. We’re in Greensboro, NC. I’ll attach photos to an e-mail to the address you listed.

]]> By: Dan http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/comment-page-1/#comment-59859 Dan Mon, 04 May 2009 17:42:24 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/#comment-59859 Sounds like a late emergence of the Brood XIV cicadas. What town do you live in? If you have photos he would love to see them cicadamania@gmail.com. Sounds like a late emergence of the Brood XIV cicadas. What town do you live in? If you have photos he would love to see them cicadamania@gmail.com.

]]> By: Tommy http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/comment-page-1/#comment-59858 Tommy Mon, 04 May 2009 17:38:21 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2009/04/24/be-on-the-lookout-for/#comment-59858 We had some kind of mass emergence over the weekend (sometime between May 1 and May 5, 2009) of red-eyed, black-bodied cicada. Literally thousands of them all over our neighborhood. They look like the periodicals I see on this and other sites, and do not look like the typical cicada that we usually see later in the summer. We live in north-central North Carolina, and the emergence seems localized to our neighborhood. Nobody else around town seems to have had the emergence. Any idea what this could be? Tommy We had some kind of mass emergence over the weekend (sometime between May 1 and May 5, 2009) of red-eyed, black-bodied cicada. Literally thousands of them all over our neighborhood. They look like the periodicals I see on this and other sites, and do not look like the typical cicada that we usually see later in the summer.

We live in north-central North Carolina, and the emergence seems localized to our neighborhood. Nobody else around town seems to have had the emergence.

Any idea what this could be?

Tommy

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