Here’s 3 Cicada Contest winners.
Jen Swofford in Highland Park, IL:
Mark Muto in North Riverside, IL (click for larger version):
Sonja Kassebaum of Gurnee, IL (click for larger versions):
June 12, 2007
Blue Eyed Magicicada from Villa Park IL
Paula King’s son found this cicada in Villa Park, IL. In the picture they eyes are white, but Paula observed that the eye color would actually vacillate between blue and white over the course of time. That’s an important observation.
Here’s another picture from Paula of a cicada with mustard colored eyes:
See more images of Magicicadas with white and yellow colored eyes.
June 9, 2007
Gray Eyed Cicada
Here’s a great photo of a gray eyed cicada found in Glenview, IL by Matt Bergquist and photographed by James Planey.
June 7, 2007
One Red Eye, One Blue Eye
Talk about one in a million: Steve Turner found this Magicicada with one red eye and one blue (sort of like a Husky dog or David Bowie). This is one of the highlights of the emergence so far.
You can click the image for an even larger version:
