October 18, 2023

Cicadas on leaves & trees – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016), gallery #2

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 8:39 pm

This is a gallery of Magicicadas on leaves & trees from West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

Visit Gallery #1 for more photos from Brood V.

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Magicicada septedecula hiding

Magicicada septendecim on a leaf

Magicicada with mustard eyes

Magicicada with pale eyes

Many Exuvia on Oak Leaves

Red and Orange eyes

Teneral Magicicada on leaf

Three Magicicada

Under A Leaf

Magicicada on leaves

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Core Arboretum – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016), gallery #2

Filed under: Brood V | Eye Color | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 7:59 pm

This is a gallery of Magicicadas taken at West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

Click/tap the images for larger versions.

Visit Gallery #1 from more photos From the Core Arboretum, Morgantown, and Brood V.

Magicicada cassini on tree plague:

Magicicada exit chimney:

Magicicada septendecim abdomen:

Magicicada septendecim:

Magicicada with beige eyes:

Magicicada with damaged wings and beige eyes:

Magicicada with slightly orange markings on abdomen could be ‘decula or cassini:

Magicicada with white eyes:

Male Magicicada septendecim abdomen:

Many Magicicada exuvia and corpses:

Visit Gallery #1 from more photos From the Core Arboretum, Morgantown, and Brood V.

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Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania Magicicada Emergence Gallery #2

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Ovipositing | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: M. septendecim — Dan @ 5:35 pm

Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania Magicicada Emergence Gallery #2.
These images are from 2016, Brood V.
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Visit Gallery #1 as well.

Many Magicicada on a tree in the shade:

Ovipositing Magicicada septendecim:

Two Magicicada septendecim:

Zombie Cicada. Not Really, just dead:

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June 1, 2020

Brood V emerging 4 years late

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada — Dan @ 10:11 am

Looking at the latest map from Cicada Safari app data, it appears that cicadas from Brood V are emerging 4 years late. 4 year Stragglers! 21-year-old cicadas! Look around Akron, Ohio, eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia.

May 30 map - Now with Brood V

Here’s a link to the Brood V map on Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org).

For historical purposes, Here’s C. L. Marlatt’s map from 1914:

Marlatt, C.L.. 1914. The periodical cicada in 1914. United States. Bureau of Entomology

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March 29, 2020

Core Arboretum – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood V | Eggs | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 11:02 am

This is a gallery of Magicicadas taken at West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

Click/tap the images for larger versions.

Visit Gallery #2 from more photos From the Core Arboretum, Morgantown, and Brood V.

Magicicada cassini next to camera lens:

Magicicada cassini eggs:

Magicicada adult hanging on leaf:

Female with exposed ovipositor:

Cicada Exit Holes:

Female Magicicada septendecula abdomen:

Female Magicicada septendecula:

Female Magicicada with exposed ovipositor:

Cicada Exit Holes:

Beige eyed Magicicada:

A palmful of exuvia:

Visit Gallery #2 from more photos From the Core Arboretum, Morgantown, and Brood V.

Cicadas on leaves & trees – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 10:51 am

This is a gallery of Magicicadas on leaves & trees from West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

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Magicicada head:

Magicicada exuvia on an oak leaf:

Magicicada dorsal view:

Magicicada cassini in Morgantown VA:

Magicicada adult:

Magicicada adults:

Cicada Peekaboo:

Aggregation of cassini adults on tree trunk:

Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Mating | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 10:27 am

These are photos of Magicicada from the Brood V emergence in Morgantown, WV in 2016.

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Magicicada cassini on WVU campus

Magicicada exuvia hanging from leaves

Brood V Magicicada nymph

Brood V Magicicada nymph

Brood V Magicicada adult

Brood V Magicicada mating

Brood V Magicicada molting

Magicicada with mustard eyes

3 Photos from the 2016 Jim Thorpe Magicicada emergence

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 8:24 am

3 Photos from the 2016 Jim Thorpe Magicicada emergence. The Magicicada that emerge in Jim Thorpe are all Magicicada septendecim. This mini-brood is part of Brood V.

Jim Thorpe Magicicada septendecim

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March 28, 2020

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 (Instagram), 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:

Teneral Periodical Cicada:

Teneral Cicada Up Close:

Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:

Gray Eyed Cicada by Matt Berger:

Cicada that sclerotized before it got out of its skin:

Cicada Fungus Infection by Matt Berger:

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, Jorgen 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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March 27, 2020

A Brood V Straggler from 2015 taken by Matt Berger

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Matt Berger | Periodical Stragglers | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: M. septendecim — Dan @ 4:40 pm

These are photos of a Brood V Magicicada straggler from 2015 taken in West Virginia taken by Matt Berger (Instagram). This Magicicada septendecim emerged one year early.

The original photos are BIG; click/tap the images to see the large versions.

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