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March 29, 2020

Core Arboretum – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood II,Magicicada — Dan @ 11:02 am

This is a gallery of Magicicadas taken at West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

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: A palmful of exuvia

: Beige eyed Magicicada

: Cicada Exit Holes

: Cicada Exit Holes

: Female Magicicada septedecula abdomen

: Female Magicicada septendecula

: Female Magicicada with exposed ovipositor

: Female with exposed ovipositor

: Magicicada adult hanging on leaf

: Magicicada cassini eggs

: Magicicada cassini next to camera lens

: Magicicada cassini on tree plague

: Magicicada exit chimney

: Magicicada septendecim abdomen

: Magicicada septendecim

: Magicicada with beige eyes

: Magicicada with damaged wings and beige eyes

: Magicicada with slightly orange markings on abdomen – could be decula or cassini

: Magicicada with white eyes

: Magicicada with white eyes

: Male Magicicada septendecim abdomen

: Many Magicicada exuvia and corpses

More from Brood V:

Cicadas on leaves & trees – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood II,Magicicada — Dan @ 10:51 am

This is a gallery of Magicicadas on leaves & trees from West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

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: Under A Leaf

: Three Magicicada

: Three Magicicada

: Three Magicicada

: Teneral Magicicada on leaf

: Magicicada septendecim on a leaf

: Magicicada with mustard eyes

: Magicicada with pale eyes

: Many Exuvia on Oak Leaves

: Red and Orange eyes

: Magicicada septedecula hiding

: Magicicada on leaves

: Magicicada head on

: Magicicada exuvia on an oak leaf

: Magicicada exuvia on an oak leaf

: Magicicada adult

: Magicicada adult

: Magicicada adult

: Magicicada cassini in Morgantown VA

: Magicicada dorsal view

: Five Magicicada adults

: Cicada Peekaboo

: Aggregation of cassini adults on tree trunk

: Aggregation of cassini adults on tree trunk

More from Brood V:

Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood V,Magicicada — Dan @ 10:27 am

These are photos of Magicicada from the Brood V emergence in Morgantown, WV in 2016.

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: Molting Magicicada with mustard eyes

: Molting Magicicada inflates its wings

: Molting Magicicada

: Molting Magicicada

: Molting Magicicada

: Magicicada septendecim in Morgantown VA

: Mating cicadas

: Mating Magicicada septedecim

: Molting Magicicada

: Molting Magicicada

: Magicicada nymph

: Magicicada Nymph

: Magicicada exuvia hanging from leaves

: Magicicada cassini on WVU campus

More from Brood V:

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

Filed under: Brood II,Magicicada,Molting — 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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Other galleries in this series:

Dead Specimens – Brood II Magicicada from Middlesex County, New Jersey (2013)

Filed under: Brood II,Magicicada,Massospora — Tags: M. septendecim, M. septendecula — Dan @ 10:03 am

Photos of dead specimens from the Brood II Magicicada emergence in Middlesex County, NJ, in 2013.

Brood II Magicada collection from 2013:

Brood II Magicada collection from 2013:

Comparison of Male and Female Magicicada genitalia:

Magicicada septendecula female abdomen:

Magicicada septendecim hind wing:

Male Magicicada septendecim infected with Massospora cicadina fungus: