{"id":5405,"date":"2015-06-11T01:01:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T08:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=5405"},"modified":"2020-03-28T09:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T16:12:46","slug":"look-and-listen-for-magicicada-stragglers-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/look-and-listen-for-magicicada-stragglers-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Look and listen for Magicicada stragglers in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another straggler sighting, this time in Cleveland which should make it a Brood V one year straggler:<\/p>\n

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Lots of 17-year #cicadas<\/a> in my neighborhood south of #Cleveland<\/a>. Seems to be a group of stragglers? #OhioBugs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IKip1wbNCl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ohio Nature Writer (@LakeErieFlyFish) June 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A Brood V straggler<\/strong> found by Matt Berger in West Virginia. See more photos of this cicada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The emergence of Brood XXIII<\/a> is well underway in the states along the Mississippi, and Brood IV<\/a> should kick off in the west as soon as it stops raining every day. These aren’t the only Magicicada periodical cicadas emerging in the U.S. this year — some stragglers<\/strong> will emerge as well.<\/p>\n

A straggler<\/strong> is a periodical cicada that emerges before or after the rest of its brood<\/strong>. Typically a straggler belonging to a 17 year brood will emerge 4 years early, but they might also emerge a year early, or a year late, or even 4 years late. This probability chart<\/a>, details the probability of a straggler emergence.<\/p>\n

In 2015 you might find the following stragglers:<\/p>\n