Tommy Joseph took these photos of Magicicada septendecim emerging Greensboro, North Carolina.
Update: looking at the maps, they probably aren’t brood XIV. Looks like they are Brood II accelerated 4 years, or Brood XIX accelerated 2 years (which would make them 13 year cicadas and Magicicada neotredecim [striking that last bit]).
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Magicicada septendecim male:
Magicicada skins:
Magicicada septendecim:
One correction: There is no Magicicada neotredecim in North Carolina, or anywhere in the southeast. That 13-year species is found only in the midwestern parts of Broods XIX and XXIII. Only M. tredecim, M. tredecassini (rarely), and M. tredecula are found in the southeast (Brood XIX).
Comment by Dave Marshall — May 5, 2009 @ 8:21 am
Noted and edited.
Comment by Dan — May 5, 2009 @ 9:03 am
[...] Brood II isn’t set to emerge for 4 more years, however it appears that Brood II cicadas are emerging 4 years ahead of time in some places. See our previous post about the cicadas emerging in Greensboro NC. [...]
Pingback by Cicada Mania » Be on the look out for Brood II cicadas! — May 6, 2009 @ 9:49 am
Where in Greensboro are they being found? What kinds of numbers (based on the photos , lots) and distribution is being seen? I hope to get up there in the next week or so and would love to see them a gain a few years early. I hadn’t planned on seeing any more around here until 2013 when the 13-year emerges near Raleigh.
Comment by Kevin — May 8, 2009 @ 3:03 pm