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Magicicada
The Periodical Cicada is generally more well known in the Midwest as the Seventeen Year Cicada due to their periodical emergence every thirteen or seventeen years. Cicadas during this time can appear in the hundreds, if not thousands, as mating season commences. These collections - called "Broods" - produce many molted body shells and periods of high-pitched screeching calls produced by the male.
A common sight throughout the Eastern United States from the Mississippi River onwards, Cicadas have a reach consisting of the Great Lakes down to the Gulf of Mexico - though the density of the Cicada population varies from area to area.
The noise these things make when they emerge - wow!
Spotted on May 2, 2011
Submitted on Sep 28, 2011
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I had seen the shells before (not for years and years) but never the actual Cicada. You should add this to the "Signs of Wildlife" mission, because of the body shells.
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