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Periodical Cicada, molting

Magicada sp.

Photo by NeilDazet
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Field Notes

Description:

Cicada molting to adult form just after coming above ground after 13 years underground, part of a mass emergence of these insects that is happening here locally over the next month or so.

Habitat:

The holes they crawl out from are typically at the base of trees, like this one here. They then molt, leaving their discarded brown encasing.

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