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March 28, 2020

2014 Emergence of 13-Year Magicicada in Ohio & Kentucky, part 1

Filed under: Brood XXII | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: M. tredecassini, M. tredecim — Dan @ 7:06 pm

In 2014 I joined Roy Troutman in helping to map a brood of Magicicada that emerged in Ohio and Kentucky. When all was said and done, this brood was declared to be part of brood XXII.

Here’s my photos from this emergence. Skip to Part 2.

Magicicada tredecim found in Ohio:
Magicicada tredecim Ohio 2014 caught by Roy Troutman
Molting Magicicada found in Ohio:
Magicicada tredecassini Ohio 2014

Molting Magicicada found in Ohio:
Molting Magicicada Ohio 2014

M. tredecassini found in Kentucky:
M. tredecassini Kentucky 2014

Teneral Magicicada found in Ohio:
Teneral Magicicada Ohio 2014

M. tredecassini found in Kentucky:
M tredecassini Kentucky 2014

Tiny Magicicada tredecassini found in Kincaid Park, Kentucky:
Tiny Magicicada tredecassini Kincaid Park Kentucky 2014

Dead Ash trees are a loss of cicada habitat:

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Brood X Stragglers from 2017 in Princeton

Filed under: Brood X | Magicicada | Periodical Stragglers | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: M. cassini — Dan @ 6:25 pm

Photos of Brood X stragglers in Princeton, New Jersey, from back in 2017. The rest of the brood will emerge in 2021.

Magicicada cassini with mosaic pigment mutation:

Female M. cassini. Notice the all-black abdomen:
Female M. cassini Princeton NJ 2017

Cicada skins and Albert Einstein:

Close up!

Magicicada cassini:
Magicicada cassini; Brood X straggler

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More Neotibicen latifasciatus photos

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Neotibicen | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: N. latifasciatus — Dan @ 1:03 pm

These Neotibicen latifasciatus photos came from a ‘cicada hunt’ in the summer of 2016 in Cape May county New Jersey. See more here.

Male Neotibicen latifasciatus:

Male Neotibicen latifasciatus on cedar:

Male Neotibicen latifasciatus:

Neotibicen latifasciatus exuvia:

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Random Neotibicen photos from 2018

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Neotibicen | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 8:31 am

This is a random set of photos from 2018 of Neotibicen cicadas.

Female N. tibicen tibicen (Swamp/Morning cicada) with eggs. Monmouth county, NJ.
Female N tibicen with eggs

Neotibicen linnei male – Little Silver NJ Aug 11 2018:
Neotibicen linnei male - Little Silver NJ Aug 11 2018

Neotibicen tibicen Little Silver New Jersey Aug 17 2018:

Neotibicen tibicen on USA flag. Shrewsbury, NJ:

Neotibicen tibicen with ruptured wing veins. Monmouth County, NJ:

Nightime N. linnei with wound it probably got flying into an illuminated wall. Little Silver, NJ:
Nightime N linnei with wound

Nightime Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Little Silver, NJ:

Nighttime N. tibicen tibicen on wall. Little Silver, NJ:
Nighttime N tibicen on wall

Prime cicada hunting location. The poor critters are attracted to the light. For better or worse they keep the lights off at this location now. Little Silver, NJ:
Nighttime prime cicada location

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Neotibicen canicularis – the Dog Day Cicada

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | Neotibicen | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: N. canicularis — Dan @ 8:24 am

Neotibicen canicularis is one of the smaller Neotibicen. It’s better known as a Dog Day Cicada.

These photos come from a cicada hunt for auletes, but I found this canicularis as well.

Neotibicen canicularis

Male Neotibicen canicularis

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2018 Megatibicen auletes hunt

Filed under: Elias Bonaros | Megatibicen — Tags: M. auletes — Dan @ 8:14 am

Each year I go to Manchester, NJ to look for Megatibicen auletes aka Northern Dusk-Singing Cicadas. There are auletes in my zipcode, but they’re easier to find in the southern-half of New Jersey. The location is a favorite of Elias Bonaros’, and more times than not we sync-up and go auletes hunting as a team. Good times.

Two auletes are better than one:

M. auletes nymph:

M. auletes exit hole:
Neotibicen auletes exit hole

Megatibicen auletes in Manchester NJ:

Megatibicen auletes exuvia in Manchester NJ:

Megatibicen auletes climbing tree:

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Photos of Brood V cicadas in West Virginia by Matt Berger

Filed under: Brood V | Eye Color | Magicicada | Matt Berger | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: M. septendecim — Dan @ 6:23 am

Photos of Brood V Magicicada in West Virginia by Matt Berger, including many examples of Magicicadas with a variety of eye colors (the typical color is red).

Brood V emerged in West Virginia (and Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Long Island, NY) in 2016. It will next emerge in 2033.

These photos are BIG. Click/tap the thumbnail for larger versions.

: A Variety of Eye Colors by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Cicada Fungus Infection by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Cicada that sclerotized before it got out of its skin by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Gray Eyed Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Gray Eyed Cicada Up Close by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Teneral Cicada Up Close by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Teneral Cicada Up Close by Matt Berger. Brood V.

: Teneral Periodical Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.

Matt has contributed photos to cicadamania.com for many years. In 2016 he was a post-grad student at West Virginia University. The lab he was part of produced this paper:
Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens
Greg R. Boyce, Emile Gluck-Thaler, Jason C. Slot, Jason E. Stajich, William J. Davis, Tim Y. James, John R. Cooley, Daniel G. Panaccione, JÃ¸rgen Eilenberg, Henrik H. De Fine Licht, Angie M. Macias, Matthew C. Berger, Kristen L. Wickert, Cameron M. Stauder, Ellie J. Spahr, Matthew D. Maust, Amy M. Metheny, Chris Simon, Gene Kritsky, Kathie T. Hodge, Richard A. Humber, Terry Gullion, Dylan P. G. Short, Teiya Kijimoto, Dan Mozgai, Nidia Arguedas, Matt T. Kasson
bioRxiv 375105; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/375105

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Photos of Brood XXII in Ohio and Kentucky by Roy Troutman

Filed under: Brood XXII | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations | Roy Troutman — Tags: M. tredecassini, M. tredecim — Dan @ 5:45 am

Photos of Brood XXII in Ohio and Kentucky by Roy Troutman.

Brood XXII is a brood of 13-year Magicicada. It emerges in a small area of Ohio & Kentucky, as well as Louisiana and Mississippi. It last emerged in 2014, and will emerge again in 2027.

Roy traveled around Ohio and Kentucky mapping locations were Magicicada were present. The result is the paper:
Kritsky, Gene & Troutman, Roy. (2014). The 2014 emergence of a previously unrecognized 13-year brood of periodical cicadas in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky.

The photos are BIG. Click/tap the thumbnails below for larger versions.