These are photos of a Magicicada septendecim with yellow-white eyes, which is rare, but you can usually find one or two if you spend enough time looking for them. The photos were taken during the 2013 Brood II emergence in Metuchen, NJ.
March 29, 2020
Brood II Magicicada from Edison, New Jersey (2013)
Brood II Magicicada from Edison, New Jersey (2013).
A mess of Magicicada exuvia and corpses at the foot of a tree in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
David Rothenberg, John Cooley, Asher Jay and others looking for cicadas in Roosevelt Park:
Magicicada septendecim laying eggs _ovipositing_ in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Magicicada septendecim laying eggs ovipositing in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Magicicada septendecim with Massospora fungus found at the Edison Memorial Tower Park in Edison NJ:
Many Magicicada emergence holes in Edison Memorial Tower park in Edison NJ:
Mating Magicicada in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Mating Magicicada in Roosevelt Park NJ:
Mirror Image – Edison Memorial Tower Park:
Brood II Magicicada from Colonia, New Jersey (2013)
Brood II Magicicada from Woodbridge, New Jersey (2013). Elias Bonaros, Roy Troutman and I went looking for cicadas in Middlesex County.
Male Magicicada septendecula found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
M. septendecim top and M.cassini bottom exuvia in Colonia NJ:
Magicicada exuvia in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Male Magicicada cassini found in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Many Magicicada on a single small tree in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Many many Magicicada on a single small tree in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Profile of a mustard eyed Magicicada septendecim found in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Yellow Eyed Magicicada in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Female Magicicada cassini Colonia NJ:
Brood II Magicicada from Woodbridge, New Jersey (2013)
Brood II Magicicada from Woodbridge, New Jersey (2013). Elias Bonaros, Roy Troutman and I went looking for cicadas in Middlesex County.
A pair of mating Magicicada septendecim found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
There was a population of Magicicada septendecula near the Metropark train station.
Female Magicicada septendecula found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
Male Magicicada septendecula found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
March 28, 2020
Photos of Brood V cicadas in West Virginia by Matt Berger
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.
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- A Variety of Eye Colors by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Cicada Fungus Infection by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Cicada that sclerotized before it got out of its skin by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Gray Eyed Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Gray Eyed Cicada Up Close by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Molting Cicada by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Teneral Cicada Up Close by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- Teneral Cicada Up Close by Matt Berger. Brood V.
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- 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, Jørgen 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
March 27, 2020
Magicicada Brood VII Cicada Photos from 2018
This is a series of Magicicada photos from the 2018 Brood VII (Onondaga Brood) from Onondaga county New York. Read more about Brood VII.
These photos are BIG. Click/tab to see larger versions.
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- Mating Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Mating Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
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- Magicicada septendecim Brood VII 2018
A Brood V Straggler from 2015 taken by Matt Berger
These are photos of a Brood V Magicicada straggler from 2015 taken in West Virginia taken by Matt Berger. This Magicicada septendecim emerged one year early.
The original photos are BIG; click/tap the images to see the large versions.
March 24, 2020
Brood II Magicicada photos by Dani Siddle from Brood II, part 2
Brood II Magicicada photos by Dani Siddle from Brood II, part 1. They were taken in the Malden-on-Hudson area of New York in 2013.
Skip to Part 1.
Mating Magicicada cassini:
Mating Magicicada:
Magicicada viewed from the side:
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada on leaves:
March 22, 2020
Lake County Forest Preserves Cicada Mania! Festival, part 4
Here are some photos from the Cicada Mania! Festival at the Lake County Forest Preserves at Ryerson Woods back in 2008 for the Brood XIII Magicicada emergence.
Skip to Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3.
Magicicada cicadas. Most, if now all are Magicicada septendecim:
Updating Magicicada back at my hotel room (giant Alien Ware laptop):
March 18, 2020
Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania Magicicada Emergence Gallery
Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania Magicicada Emergence Gallery. These images are from 2016. Click/tap the image for a larger version.
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- Zombie Cicada – Not Really just dead
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- Two septendecim
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- Ovipositing septendecim
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- Ovipositing septendecim
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- Many Magicicada
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- Male Magicicada septedeim
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- Many Magicicada
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- Many Magicicada
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- Many Magicicada
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- Many Magicicada
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- Magicicada septendecim Jim Thorpe
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- Magicicada septendecim Jim Thorpe abs
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- Jim Thorpe Train
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- Jim Thorpe septendecim
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- Jim Thorpe Ovipositor Scars
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- Grasshopper and Cicada
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- Jim Thorpe Cicada Ovipositor Scars
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- Jim Thorpe Magicicada septendecim 1st instar nymph 2
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- Jim Thorpe Magicicada septendecim 1st instar nymph
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- Jim Thorpe Nymph 01
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- A pair of septendecim
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- A couple exit holes
