Roy Troutman’s brother in law Gary spotted this Magicicada with an unusually light pronotum. Normally the pronotum features 2 dark/black patches. In this example they are almost non-existent.
Categories
New York and Massachusetts have begun
According to reports on the message board, other cicada sites and the media, the emergence has begun in Long Island and Massachusetts. The only state not to check in so far has been New Jersey. I can speculate why, but I won’t in this forum.
Eclosing/molting Magicicada in Roy Troutman's backyard on June 1st 2008 in Ohio.
Eclosing Magicicada in Roy Troutman's backyard from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Eclosing/Molting Magicicadas on May 31st, 2008 in Loveland Ohio.
Eclosing Magicicadas in Loveland Ohio from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Categories
Another fine cicada photo from Flickr
I really like the eyes in this photo. All 5 eyes!
Thanks to Cicada Mania friend Joe Green we now have 3 new cicada galleries featuring cicadas we didn’t have before one the site: Neocicada hieroglyphica, Diceroprocta olympusa and Megatibicen resonans.
This is a Neocicada hieroglyphica:
Hang in there, we’ll be back to the 17 Year Cicadas tomorrow.
Roy sent in a batch of photos from the Loveland OH emergence. I’ll post more and larger versions as soon as I’m done celebrating Memorial Day.
Here’s a shot from Roy Troutman’s Cicada Cam from 5/27:
Categories
Emergence Update
This should be a warm weekend all around the Easter half of the U.S.A. so the cicadas should definitely be emerging in Pensy and south.
G Murphy reports that he can hear them over he sound of his tractor in Muddy Pond, Tennessee.
Susan Blase reports that the cicadas are crawling up through their pavers in Bear Gap, Pennsylvania.
Karen reports that the emergence is “unreal” Northern McCreary Co., KY.
Leann reports that there are hundreds coming up through the ground in Bowling Green, KY.
June reports that there are so many that the grass is moving in Richmond, KY.
Becca reports “There are hundreds in my yard in Huntington, West Virginia“.
Verna reports that the emergence has begun in Frankfort, KY.
John Ashville reports that they’re singing in Asheville, NC.
Mike reports that “the yard looks alive as hundreds, perhaps thousands have emerged in the lawn” in Radcliff, Hardin County KY.
Roy Troutman reports that they have emerged in Batavia OH, and both Roy and Matt Berger report that they have emerged in Loveland, OH.
Some photos from Roy:
Don’t forget to:
- Report your sightings to magicicada.org
- Take photos and video
Here’s a pleasant interruption in the 17-year cicada mania. Joe Green has sent us some cicada photos from Florida. These are from last years season.
Joe says the Neocicada hiroglyphica cicadas have been singing in Florida since April 29th.
