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Magicicada periodical cicada Broods.
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.
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Mating Magicicada cassini:
Mating Magicicada:
Magicicada viewed from the side:
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada on leaves:
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.
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Female Magicicada cassini:
Magicicada cassini:
Magicicada cassini:
Magicicada cassini:
Magicicada cassini:
Magicicada:
Magicicada:
Cicada Carousel Ride at the Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield, Illinois. 2007 in celebration of Brood XIII.
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.
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Magicicada cicadas. Most, if now all are Magicicada septendecim:
Updating Magicicada back at my hotel room (giant Alien Ware laptop):
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.
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These are photos of Magicicada, most if not all are Magicicada septendecim:
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 3, or Part 4.
A photo of Magicicada on a wall:
Cicadas around the world plaque:
Pomponia imperator:
Cicadas of Australia:
Salvazana mirabilis mirabilis & Distantalna splendida… and some lanternflies:
Cicada of Madagascar:
A stick sculpture:
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 2, Part 3, or Part 4.
The Cicada Mobile:
A metal cicada sculpture:
Cicada specimen displays:
A display demonstrating the lifecycle of periodical cicadas:
Periodical cicada Brood XXI is extinct. It was a small brood of Magicicada with a 13-year lifecycle. It was last seen/heard in 1870. Visit Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org) for more information.
Map from Marlatt, C.L.. 1907. The periodical cicada. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology:
White-eyed cicada found by Chris Lowry in Nashville, TN. Brood XIX. 2011.
White-eyed cicada found by Nathan Voss of Spring Hill, TN. Brood XIX. 2011.
