Roy Troutman found this Brood XIV Magicicada straggler in the Cincinnati Ohio area this weekend. This cicada emerged 2 years after it should have. Amazing.
Update: Brood XIX straggler photos by Lenny Lampel.
Here’s a treat. Lenny Lampel, Natural Resources Coordinator for Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Conservation Science Office in Charlotte, NC, uploaded these videos that feature the calls of Magicicada tredecassini to YouTube.
Magicicada tredecassini chorus:
A small chorus of one year early Magicicada tredecassini stragglers of Brood XIX calling from the Lower McAlpine Greenway in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 10, 2010.
Magicicada tredecassini calls :
One year early Magicicada tredecassini stragglers of Brood XIX calling from the Lower McAlpine Greenway in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 10, 2010.
Magicicada cicadas are emerging early across America! You might know them as periodical cicadas, 13 or 17 year cicadas, or “locusts”. When cicadas emerge early (or later) they’re called stragglers.
Chances are they’re from Brood XIX or Brood XXII:
– Brood XIX is set to emerge in AL, AR, GA, IN, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, VA next year.
– Brood XXII is set to emerge in LA, MS in 2014.
If you see one of these cicadas, report them to Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org). Cicadas @ UCONN records the location of cicadas and adds them to a map, for scientific purposes.
Image of Magicicada:
Here’s what they sound like:
More information:
Joe Green wrote us to let us know that he heard the first Neocicada hieroglyphica of the year.
Just wanted to let you all know I heard the first male Neocicada hieroglyphica calling from a oak tree today at Chico’s World Headquarters campus here in Fort Myers, Florida. I heard the warm-up pre call at first that lead into to the full blown chorus call for 6 repeated calls before he stopped. It was 2:40 pm EST, in the afternoon with the temperature reaching 80 degrees on this day. I have yet to hear one at Dusk here at the house but I’ll listen from now on with the start of the season here in south Florida and record all my data for this year’s research. I’ll keep in touch with all of you as the year proceeds.
Joes Neocicada hieroglyphica photos:
- Joe Green’s Neocicada hieroglyphica photos from 2007, Florida
- More of Joe Green’s Neocicada hieroglyphica photos from 2007, Florida
Video of a singing Neocicada hieroglyphica:
Neocicada hieroglyphica singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
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New Magicicada nymph photos
Elias went digging for Magicicada nymphs on 3/21. Here’s a gallery of the nymphs he found.
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Terengganua sibylla
Update: the name of this cicada is actually Trengganua sibylla (confirming after consulting Allen Sanborn’s giant cicada book. You’ll find people also refer to this cicada as Tosena sybilla.
A pair of Terengganua sibylla mating.
This website has a audio file of the Terengganua sibylla signing.
Elias was kind enough to send us Neotibicen tibicen photos he took in 2009.
Click the images for larger versions:
Female teneral Neotibicen tibicen by Elias Bonaros:
Molting Neotibicen tibicen by Elias Bonaros:
Neotibicen tibicen by Elias Bonaros:
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Cicada Mania updates
New gallery: Australian cicadas found by Lisa Morgan’s kids in the Wet Tropics rainforest located in Far North Queensland, Australia. Features a Brown Bunyip and a Psaltoda.
New gallery: False cicada chimneys. Bangkok, Thailand.
And new audio/video from Joe Green:
Joe Green’s D. olympusa videos.
Joe Green’s N. hieroglyphica videos.
Joe Green recently provided Cicada Mania with videos of various cicadas calling.
Here’s a selection of Megatibicen resonans (formerly Tibicen resonans) calls, including alarm calls:
T. resonans alarm call by Joe Green.
T. resonans alarm call by Joe Green.
T. resonans alarm by Joe Green.
T. resonans calling by Joe Green.
T. resonans calling by Joe Green.
T. resonans calling in Desoto Co. by Joe Green.
Joe’s Tibicen resonans were recorded in Florida. Here are photos of a M. resonans also by Joe.
This whimsical display of dismembered and “reassembled” cicadas enjoying a Mongolian Hot Pot dinner can be yours! It’s for sale on ebay!
Awesome!