Cicada ManiaMagicicada tredecassini by Lenny Lampel Natural Resources Coordinator Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Charlotte, NC. 2010.
Magicicada tredecassini (abdomen), Lower McAlpine Greenway 051010 (by Lenny Lampel):
Magicicada tredecassini, Lower McAlpine Greenway 051010 (by Lenny Lampel):
Magicicada tredecassini exuvia, Lower McAlpine Greenway 051010 (by Lenny Lampel):
Magicicada tredecassini exuvia on spicebush, Lower McAlpine Greenway 051010 (by Lenny Lampel):
Brood X Magicicada photos by Roy Troutman from 2004. Ohio.
Magicicada photos by Les Daniels, part 3. Here’s part 1 and part 2.
Les has a book called The Season of the Cicadas, which I recommend.
Magicicada photos by Les Daniels, part 2. Heres part 1 and part 3.
Les has a book called The Season of the Cicadas, which I recommend.
Magicicada photos by Les Daniels, part 1. Here’s part 2 and part 3.
Les has a book called The Season of the Cicadas, which I recommend.
Brood XIII cicada photos by Mark Muto, from 2007. Photos were taken in North Riverside, Illinois.
Magicicada nymph climbing on a tree branch:
Magicicada septendecim (Pharaoh cicada):
Two Magicicada, one with blue eyes:
Brood X Magicicada photos by Nate Rhodes from 2004.
Recently molted Magicicada, still hanging from its nymphal skin:
Molting Magicicada:
Two adult Magicicada:
Recently molted Magicicada hanging from its nymphal skin:
Molting Magicicada:
Occasionally cicadas get stuck in their nymphal skins (exuvia) during the molting process (ecdysis). The reasons why might be external forces like temperature, rain, wind, interference by other cicadas or other insects like ants, or something wrong with the cicada itself.
This is a photo sent to us by Liz G back in 2007 during Brood XIII from Peoria, Illinois.
A funny photo from James P. from Glenview, IL. 2007. Recently emerged Brood XIII Magicicada cicadas sharing a branch. Magicicada adults are white when they molt, but turn black as their bodies harden (sclerotize).
Continuing from part 1, Elias Bonaros did some digging and took these photos of first and second instar Magicicada periodical cicadas on a warm winter day (March 21, 2010).
Now you know what cicadas look like when they’re underground!
Generally speaking the ones with the bulbous abdomens are second instar, and the smaller ones with the less bulbous or not bulbous abdomens are first instar.
