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Brood XIII Eye Color Magicicada

3 Contest Winners

Here’s 3 Cicada Contest winners.

Jen Swofford in Highland Park, IL:
blue eyed cicada

Mark Muto in North Riverside, IL:

Mark Muto in  North Riverside, IL

Sonja Kassebaum of Gurnee, IL:

Sonja Kassebaum of Gurnee, IL

yellow, red, orange

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Brood XIII Eye Color Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

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.

Paula King, Blue Eyed Cicada

Here’s another picture from Paula of a cicada with mustard colored eyes:

Paula King. Yellow eyed cicada.

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Brood XIII Eye Color Photos & Illustrations

Blue Eyed Magicicada from Downers Grove, IL

This photos of a blue-eyed Magicicada was taken by Maria Wagner in Downers Grove, IL.

Blue Eyed Cicada

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Brood XIII Magicicada Mating Photos & Illustrations

Cicadas Mating

A photo of cicadas mating by Christina T.

Cicada Mating

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Brood XIII Magicicada Periodical Video

Cicada Mania, best of 2007

Cicada Mania Best of 2007 part 1 by Dan

Cicada Mania, best of 2007, part 1 by Dan from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Cicada Mania Best of 2007 part 2 by Dan

Cicada Mania Best of 2007 part 2 by Dan from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Cicada Mania, Best of 2007, part 3 by Dan

Cicada Mania, Best of 2007, part 3 by Dan from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

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Brood XIII Magicicada Roy Troutman Video

Brood XIII Magicicada emergence in 2007 at Ryerson Woods Forrest Preserve

The following videos chronicle the Brood XIII Magicicada emergence in 2007 at the Forrest Preserve park outside of Chicago. The videos are by Roy Troutman.

Crowd watching Magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods by Roy

Crowd watching Magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.

Observing magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods by Roy

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

Observing Magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods by Roy

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

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Brood XIII Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

Peek-a-boo cicada

Magicicadas

Another cicada photo from the Ryerson Woods.

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Brood XIII

Cicada Contest!!!

Cicada Contest!

The contest is officially over. Here’s most of the winners.

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Brood XIII

Emergence Report for 6/9

This should have been part 2 yesterday:

Locations

  • Riverside
  • Thornton Lansing Rd in Thornton, IL as well as Lansing, IL in the area of the model airplane field on Stony Island Ave.
  • Old School Forest Preserve in Libertyville, IL

News

What Makes Cicadas So Loud? (The Daily Green).

Why so many deformed cicadas? and How to Dispose of Cicadas (The Chicago Gardener).

Video

How LOUD are cicadas?

Collecting MadVideos — Brood XIII cicadas arrive in Wisconsin.

Cicada video (by Love is the most excellent way). See and hear them!

Daily Nightly’s Chicago Cicadas.

Blogs

A handful of cicada photos (by ThreadStory)

More cicada photos (by Superhua)

Great pictures of seagulls swarming a suburb to get at cicadas. Plus, a picture of the coolest Christmas tree ever.

Invasion: Cicada on a Car Tire.

Symphony of cicadas. Now appearing in 60532.

Life Goes On: Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Return of the Cicadas. Cool picture!

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Brood XIII Roy Troutman

Photos from the Cicada Mania festival

Here are two photos from the Cicada Mania festival by Roy Troutman:

An orange eyed Magicicada:

orange eyed Magicicada

3 nymphs crawling up a tree limb:

3 nymphs crawling up a tree