I've been stitching some cicadas lately. This year is going to be a big one for the screaming bugs!
For those interested in making their own cross stitched cicadas, the patterns are available for sale here and here! (Please note: my software skills mean that I had to freehand the AAAAAs rather than place them in the pattern itself, so those are not included in the patterns. This does mean that you can make these little guys uniquely your own and add any sort of scream that you'd like, though!)
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Magicicada septendecim | micron pen, color pencil, and white gel pen | January 2024 - February 2024 | Hazel Fricke
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Great news for anyone in the brown or light blue areas! You may be seeing a whole lot of cicadas in spring :)
These 13 and 17-year periodical cicadas are in the genus Magicicada and will look just like those from brood X a few years ago:
Photo by Philip N. Cohen - Brood XIX, 2011
Note: Some of brood XIII emerged early in 2020, so if you were in the Chicago area at the time, you may have seen some.
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invertober day 10, periodical cicada
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Invertober Days 9 through 12!
- Elephant Hawk Moth ~
-Periodical Cicada ~
-Fruit Fly ~
-Eelgrass Isopod ~
Invertober is put together by fossilforager! Prompt List
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My first periodical cicada this year! Yippee!
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The Double-Emergence of 2024
As you may have heard, there are TWO periodical cicada broods that will emerge between late April and June of this year! This particular combination only happens once every 221 years.
The broods in question are the Illinoian Brood (XIII) and the Great Southern Brood (XIX). The map below is a rough approximation of where sightings are most likely to occur:
There is very little overlap between the broods, so - if you want to experience both - I recommend planning at least two different stops. You should be able to find all seven species by traveling just a few miles north and south of the cities of Springfield, Bloomington, Kankakee, or Beardstown in Illinois, or the city of Mt Pleasant in Iowa.
The University of Connecticut has a handy online guide for identifying all 7 species of periodical cicadas. Note that most species can only be identified by the pattern on their belly. For bonus points, try to find and photograph them all! 😄
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love this thumbnail i found.
How To.
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Its the year of the Cicada! So I decided to design a new tattoo for the occasion! >:) I hope everyone enjoys it! This was definitely a super fun challenge for me!
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looking to make stickers for the upcoming overlapping cicada broods! which design do you guys like best?
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periodical cicada (m. septendecim) for day 10 of invertober!
historical accounts of the periodical cicadas massive broods emerging every 17 years go as far back as the 1700s.
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You got games on your phone?
Day 10: Periodical Cicada
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I want to buy cicada merch in celebration of the periodical emergence this year.
If anyone has anything to recommend, especially anything by small independent artists, I would really appreciate it!! (It's so easy to find mass-produced stuff, but it's also more likely to be cheaply made or possibly a stolen design, y'know?)
I'm looking for anything cicada-related, but especially things I can wear!
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Invertober day 10
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Invertober 10: Periodical Cicada
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septembug prompt 5 - "temporary"
cassin's periodical cicada, Magicicada cassin
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