Magicicada eggs
Soon they'll hatch and the cicada will fall from the tree and dig underground where it will spend the next 13 or 17 years!
Photo: Roy Troutman

Magicicada mud tunnel
The Magicicada nymph creates the tunnel to breathe as it waits to emerge.
Photo: Les

Magicicada nymph
Freshly emerged, looking for a safe place to molt.
Photo: Les

Magicicada adult sheds nymph skin
Photo: Roy Troutman

Magicicada adult
Photo: Roy Troutman

Magicicada adults dying on the ground
Photo: Les

Magicicada adult
Photo: Les

Magicicada adults close up
Photo: Gwen Elferdink

Scratches made by female cicada laying eggs in tree branch.
Photo: Les

Magicicada tree " damage" . Don't worry people, the tree didn't die.
Photo: Les