Here’s a white eyed cicada from Grayson Martin.
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Emergence Update for 6/19/2007
We got our first IOWA sighting!
Questions:
- When will they be gone??? About 2 weeks after the last one emerges. By the time Independence day rolls around, most places will be “liberated” from them.
- What’s that smell??? Like any rotting animal, cicadas emit a funky stank after they die. I think they smell like old bacon grease, other’s say Limburger cheese, wet dog…
- I haven’t seen any cicadas yet, does that mean I won’t see/hear any? Probably; time to get in the car and go to them.
Locations:
- Cedar River near Atalissa, Iowa
- Lombard and Elmhurst are “cicada heaven”
- At Lake Geneva at Aurora University the Cicada were EVERYWHERE
- Singing in Wheaton
- Palos Heights is crawling with these things.
- All over the place in Wheeling, IL
- EVERYWHERE in Schiller Park
- Big Foot Beach State Park (southern Wisconsin next to Lake Geneva)
- Aurora,IL
This entry was submitted by Elias Bonaros and Barbara Rzeszutek, taken in Deerfield, IL:
This entry was submitted by Chris Owen, taken at Lemon Lake County Park in Cedar lake, IN:
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Mating cicadas:
A female cicada getting ready to lay some eggs:
A Huge mass of cicada exuvia:
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Exuvia mania
Joe Balynas sent us this picture of a mass of cicada exuvia (aka shells, skins, crisps). Make sure you click the image for the awesome larger version.
Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green
Brood XIII Magicicadas by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Magicicada song by Joe Green
Here is a video of an adult magicicada taking off for flight:
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Magicicada mating
In this video we see a male and female Magicicada cicada mating.
Magicicada mating from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.
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Magicicada laying eggs
Composite photo by Joyce Dinello, La Grange Park, IL. Contact Joyce at joycedinello@sbcglobal.net.