Category: Magicicada

2014 Emergence of 13-Year Magicicada in Ohio & Kentucky, part 1

Post author By Dan
Post date March 28, 2020

In 2014 I joined Roy Troutman in helping to map a brood of Magicicada that emerged in Ohio and Kentucky. When all was said and done, this brood was declared to be part of brood XXII.

Here’s my photos from this emergence. Skip to Part 2.

Magicicada tredecim found in Ohio:
Magicicada tredecim Ohio 2014 caught by Roy Troutman
Molting Magicicada found in Ohio:
Magicicada tredecassini Ohio 2014

Molting Magicicada found in Ohio:
Molting Magicicada Ohio 2014

M. tredecassini found in Kentucky:
M. tredecassini Kentucky 2014

Teneral Magicicada found in Ohio:
Teneral Magicicada Ohio 2014

M. tredecassini found in Kentucky:
M tredecassini Kentucky 2014

Tiny Magicicada tredecassini found in Kincaid Park, Kentucky:
Tiny Magicicada tredecassini Kincaid Park Kentucky 2014

Dead Ash trees are a loss of cicada habitat:

Tags M. tredecassini, M. tredecim

Brood X Magicicada Periodical Stragglers Photos & Illustrations

Brood X Stragglers from 2017 in Princeton

Post author By Dan
Post date March 28, 2020
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Photos of Brood X stragglers in Princeton, New Jersey, from back in 2017. The rest of the brood will emerge in 2021.

Magicicada cassini with mosaic pigment mutation:

Female M. cassini. Notice the all-black abdomen:
Female M. cassini Princeton NJ 2017

Cicada skins and Albert Einstein:

Close up!

Magicicada cassini:
Magicicada cassini; Brood X straggler

Tags M. cassini

Brood V Eye Color Magicicada Matt Berger Photos & Illustrations

Photos of Brood V cicadas in West Virginia by Matt Berger

Post author By Dan
Post date March 28, 2020

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

Tags M. septendecim

Brood XXII Magicicada Photos & Illustrations Roy Troutman

Photos of Brood XXII in Ohio and Kentucky by Roy Troutman

Post author By Dan
Post date March 28, 2020

Photos of Brood XXII in Ohio and Kentucky by Roy Troutman.

Brood XXII is a brood of 13-year Magicicada. It emerges in a small area of Ohio & Kentucky, as well as Louisiana and Mississippi. It last emerged in 2014, and will emerge again in 2027.

Roy traveled around Ohio and Kentucky mapping locations were Magicicada were present. The result is the paper:
Kritsky, Gene & Troutman, Roy. (2014). The 2014 emergence of a previously unrecognized 13-year brood of periodical cicadas in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky.

The photos are BIG. Click/tap the thumbnails below for larger versions.

13 Year Cicada molting by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo, Ohio in 2014:

2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini adult on leaf by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio Two Magicicada tredecassini Ecdysis by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio periodical cicadas on a trash bin by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini Teneral by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini nymph on tree by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini Nymph by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini leaning back by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini cicada ecdysis by Roy Troutman:

2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini adult on leaf by Roy Troutman:

Piles of Magicicada skins and dead cicadas on the ground around the tree:

2014 Ohio adult Magicicada tredecassini by Roy Troutman:

13 Year Nymphs by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo Ohio in 2014:

13 Year Nymph by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo, Ohio in 2014:

13 Year Nymph by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo, Ohio in 2014 on tree:

Tags M. tredecassini, M. tredecim

Brood XXIII Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

Brood XXIII photos from 2015, part 2

Post author By Dan
Post date March 27, 2020

Brood XXIII Magicicada photos from 2015 by me (Dan Mozgai).

In 2015 I took an 8 state road trip to see as much of the brood as possible.

Skip to Part 1.

Cicada holes in Mississippi

Cicada skins on Touch of Nature sign in Illinois:

Cicada exuvia at Indiana rest stop:

Teneral Magicicada:

Male Magicicada tredecim:

Male Female and Male Magicicada tredecim:

Teneral female Magiciada tredecim in Kentucky:

Magicicada exuvia in Mississippi:

Brood XXIII Chimneys Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

Brood XXIII photos from 2015, part 1

Post author By Dan
Post date March 27, 2020

Brood XXIII Magicicada photos from 2015 by me (Dan Mozgai).

In 2015 I took an 8 state road trip to see as much of the brood as possible.

Skip to Part 2.

Male Magicicada tredecim in Mississippi:

Maybe a Magicicada neotredecim in Illinois:

Cicada exuvia in Giant City in Illinois:

Cicada chimneys found by Sam Orr in Illinois:
Cicada chimneys found my Sam Orr in Illinois

Magicicada in Kentucky:

Hieroglyphic cicada illustration in Jackson Museum:

Teneral female Magicicada tredecim:

Cicada exuvia on Touch of Nature sign in Illinois:

Brood VII Magicicada Mating Photos & Illustrations

Magicicada Brood VII Cicada Photos from 2018

Post author By Dan
Post date March 27, 2020

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.

Tags M. septendecim

Brood V Magicicada Matt Berger Periodical Stragglers Photos & Illustrations

A Brood V Straggler from 2015 taken by Matt Berger

Post author By Dan
Post date March 27, 2020

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.

Tags M. septendecim

Brood XIV Gene Kritsky Magicicada Photos & Illustrations Roy Troutman Samuel Orr

Roy Troutman’s Brood XIV photos, part 4

Post author By Dan
Post date March 27, 2020

Brood XIV (14) Magicicada emerged in the greater Cincinnati area in 2008. Roy Troutman took many photos, and I’ll feature them in a series of galleries.

Skip to Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3.

These images are BIG so click the thumbnail to see the full-size image.

Samuel Orr filing in Roy’s parent’s backyard:

Gene Kritsky putting thermometer in the ground:

Gene Kritsky making a hole for a cicada thermometer:

Cicada thermometer flag:

Magicicada with blue and red eyes. Photo by Roy Troutman. Brood XIV:

Brood XIV Eye Color Magicicada Photos & Illustrations Roy Troutman

Roy Troutman’s Brood XIV photos, part 3

Post author By Dan
Post date March 26, 2020

Brood XIV (14) Magicicada emerged in the greater Cincinnati area in 2008. Roy Troutman took many photos, and I’ll feature them in a series of galleries.

Skip to Part 1, Part 2 or Part 4.

Molting Magicicada:
Molting Magicicada. Roy Troutman. Brood XIV.