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May 2, 2021

Different types of Magicicada periodical cicada holes

Filed under: Brood X | Chimneys | Magicicada | Periodical — Dan @ 5:19 pm

Different types of Magicicada periodical cicada holes found in Princeton, NJ. Brood X, 2021. Generally speaking, their holes are about the size of a dime. You won’t see a spray or kickback of soil around the hole like you would when an animal is digging into the soil rather than coming out of it (cicadas are coming out).

Typical dime-sized cicada holes

Typical Holes

A hole with a corresponding mini cicada-chimney

Here's a hole and cap

A golf ball sized chimney over a hole

Mud Golf Ball

A hole borrowed into a hay bale laying on the ground

Hole in Hay

A hole in moss

A hole in moss

Holes in the underside of a rotten log, with a nymph!

Cicadas will burrow up from the soil of the ground and keep going into the rotting wood of a rotten log! I had to roll the log over to see it.
Holes in a Log

The inside view of a 4″ cicada chimney

Chimey

Video of a Nymph

April 18, 2021

Periodical cicada nymphs emerging at night

Filed under: Brood XIII | Magicicada | Molting | Nymphs | Periodical — Tags: — Dan @ 5:29 am

One of the most fun periodical cicada experiences is watching thousands of nymphs emerge from the ground at night, crawl to the nearest vertical surface (hopefully a tree) and begin to molt.

This is a video by Roy Troutman from 2007 of the Brood XIII emergence, specifically in Ryerson Woods in Illinois:

Observing magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.

Here’s a time-lapse video, also by Roy, of a cicada nymph molting:

Magicicada nymph molting from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.

March 29, 2020

Molting & Molted cicadas – Brood II Magicicada from Metuchen, New Jersey (2013)

Filed under: Brood II | Magicicada | Molting | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 10:14 am

This is a series of molting and recently molted teneral (soft) cicadas from the 2013 Brood II Magicicada emergence in Metuchen, NJ.

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A teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen, NJ
A teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen NJ

A tisket, a tasket, cicadas on a basket
A tisket a tasket cicadas on a basket

Molting Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Ecdysis Magicicada Metuchen NJ

Magicicada emergence in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada Emergence Metuchen NJ

Magicicada exuvia Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada Exuvia Metuchen NJ

Magicicada nymph and teneral adult on an owl
Magicicada nymph and teneral adult on an owl

Magicicada molting in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada undergoing ecdysis Metuchen NJ

Magicicadas in various stages in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicadas in various stages in Metuchen NJ

Nymph crawling on Magicicada molting in Metuchen, NJ
Nymph crawling on Magicicada undergoing ecdysis in Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicada cassini in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada cassini in Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen NJ
Teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicadas on a spruce tree
Teneral Magicicadas on a pine tree

Teneral male Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Male Magicicada Metuchen NJ

Two male Magicicada cicadas
Two Male Magicicada

Two teneral male Magicicadas Metuchen, NJ
Two Teneral Male Magicicadas Metuchen NJ

White teneral Magicicada in Metuchen yes they are white when they emerge
White teneral Magicicada in Metuchen yes they are white when they emerge

Other galleries in this series:

Chimneys – Brood II Magicicada from Metuchen, New Jersey (2013)

Filed under: Brood II | Chimneys | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 9:31 am

These are some small cicada chimneys created by Magicicada during Brood II in 2013 in Metuchen. Magicicadas occasionally create chimneys above the holes they emerge from — more often when the soil is wet or ground is shadowed (under a deck, in a lawn mower shed). These were shaded by a large pine.

Cicada Chimney Metuchen Brood II

Cicada Chimney Metuchen Brood II

Cicada Chimney Metuchen Brood II

March 22, 2020

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García, part 4

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Ivan Garcia | Lyristes | Molting | Spain | Tibicen — Tags: , — Dan @ 11:14 am

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García. Spain.

Tibicen plebejus or Lyristes plebejus, depending on who you ask.

Skip to Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3.

31 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

35 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

36 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

37 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

38 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

39 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

40 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

41 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

42 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

43 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

44 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García, part 3

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Ivan Garcia | Lyristes | Molting | Spain | Tibicen — Tags: , — Dan @ 11:09 am

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García. Spain.

Tibicen plebejus or Lyristes plebejus, depending on who you ask.

Skip to Part 1, Part 2, or Part 4.

21 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

24 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

25 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

26 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

27 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

28 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

29 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

30 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

32 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

33 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

34 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García, part 2

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Ivan Garcia | Lyristes | Molting | Spain | Tibicen — Tags: , — Dan @ 11:02 am

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García. Spain.

Tibicen plebejus or Lyristes plebejus, depending on who you ask.

Skip to Part 1, Part 3, or Part 4.

11 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

12 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

14 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

15 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

16 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

17 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

18 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

19 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

20 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

22 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

23 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García, part 1

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Ivan Garcia | Lyristes | Molting | Spain | Tibicen — Tags: , — Dan @ 10:57 am

Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García. Spain.

Tibicen plebejus or Lyristes plebejus, depending on who you ask.

Skip to Part 2, Part 3, or Part 4.

01 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

02 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

03 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

04 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

05 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

06 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

07 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

08 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

09 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

10 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

13 Tibicen plebejus molt sequence, photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García

March 21, 2020

Lyristes plebejus photos by Iván Jesús Torresano García, part 2

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Ivan Garcia | Lyristes | Molting | Tibicen | United States — Tags: , — Dan @ 7:53 pm

This series features a molting Lyristes plebejus or Tibicen plebejus depending on who you ask.

Skip to part 1, part 3, part 4, or part 5.

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Lyristes plebejus photos by Iván Jesús Torresano García, part 1

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Ivan Garcia | Lyristes | Molting | Spain | Tibicen — Tags: , — Dan @ 7:51 pm

This series features a molting Lyristes plebejus or Tibicen plebejus depending on who you ask.

Skip to part 2, part 3, part 4, or part 5.

Lyristes plebejus nymph photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

Molting Lyristes plebejus photo by Iván Jesús Torresano García

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