Longtime U-M entomologist thrilled by arrival of 17-year cicadas in Ann Arbor area
An adult Brood X periodical cicada emerges in the Ann Arbor area after spending 17 years developing underground. The Brood X cicadas are members of the genus Magicicada and have striking black bodies, bulging red-orange eyes and red wing veins. This cicada was photographed May 25 at the Ann Arbor-area home of U-M entomologist Thomas Moore. Image credit: Daryl Marshke, University of Michigan Photography. University of Michigan entomologist Thomas Moore was walking in the yard of his Ann Arbor-area home on Monday afternoon when he heard the unmistakable droning buzz of a single periodical cicad...
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