{"id":1758,"date":"2011-03-12T16:45:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T23:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2020-03-22T13:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T20:09:25","slug":"a-brood-xix-periodical-cicada-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/a-brood-xix-periodical-cicada-primer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brood XIX Periodical Cicada Primer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brood XIX (19) will next emerge in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This page has last updated in 2011. <\/p>\n

What are they?<\/h1>\n

Magicicada<\/strong> is a genus of periodical cicadas known for emerging in massive numbers in 17 or 13-year cycles\/periods. The cicadas emerging in 2011 have 13 year life-cycles<\/strong>. Magicicada cicadas are also organized into broods. There are 3 broods of 13-year cicadas, and the brood emerging in 2011 is Brood XIX<\/strong> (nineteen). <\/p>\n

There are 4 species of 13-year Magicicada: M. tredecim, M. neotredecim, M. tredecassini and M. tredecula<\/strong>. The adults of all four species have black bodies with orange markings and red-orange eyes. M. tredecim and M. neotredecim are very similar, and you can only tell them apart by their song in areas where their ranges overlap (or by looking at DNA). They are, however, larger than M. tredecassini and M. tredecula, and have a noticeably different song. <\/p>\n

Visit this Cicadas @ UCONN species page<\/a> for detailed information, including photos and audio. <\/p>\n

Here is some video and audio of 17 year Magicicada, which look and sound remarkably similar to the 13 year variety. This will give you an idea of what to expect:<\/p>\n