Over the last couple of weeks, a bunch of us have been delighted by unexpected encounters with periodical cicadas in the DC area. Apparently, these are Brood X stragglers coming out 4 years ahead of schedule, oops! WaPo had a story about this today.
The folks at magicicada.org need your help in documenting this phenomenon in as much detail as possible. So please, record every black, red-eyed cicada you see in the next few weeks here on iNat. For extra karma credits, you can also go and fill out one of the magicicada.org data sheets: http://magicicada.org/magicicada/media/
Tagging DC area naturalists active during the last couple of months. Happy cicada hunting!
@mellis, @carrieseltzer, @treegrow, @elliotgreiner, @treichard, @belyykit, @greenbee3, @krosenthal, @mattshabitats, @aabugattas, @jgingold, @sienaschool, @muir, @gwh, @ana_kaahanui,@joshrudder, @tkirk304, @vincent12, @peggyo, @chaynesarmn, @stella20009, @anneanderson, @rgauzagronert, @suzanne11, @laura_sebastianelli, @tobes61, @naturalareas, @eglaeser, @klthomasart, @michaelskvarla, @viennapetcare, @jmandela, @mmn_noriko, @katierehwaldt, @pmk00001, @tminatbe, @kearins, @schoenitz, @gonodactylus, @hbfeducation, @nycticorax, @sterlingnorthjr, @pamelacollins, @cbader, @jorbogmont, @annasherlock, @lorib2, @pennaz, @shinnickj, @slider4, @anikarenina, @ashegan, @loarie, @fharmiess, @plaisant, @lyzmoore, @jasmijn2, @kwixted0, @lucareptile, @rgates, @sabrinam, @woodcut55, @dianamarques, @ecomoser, @jahlilthedcherp, @stinkbug, @tomarata, @calopteryx, @lookandsee, @adrained, @cliffordfairweather, @lynnparsons, @modernanachronist, @nataliemhowe, @pgreenberg, @mickley, @sandra21, @dctr, @ebonilla, @svstuder, @ehmiller5, @fm5050, @lgmeade, @sbsholts, @wsette, @zstaples, @marshalldinowitz, @nateemery, @shaunmichael, @dnewberry, @eecoburn, @matthewbeziat, @ufoxkoor, @wpfancuff, @yogagalen, @ditchontologist, @levinedp, @mancubus, @mongroovington, @nickvance17, @olee, @websterscied, @claireli, @jmgconsult, @manudalforno, @maryam2, @micetticat, @timbir5, @blueheron64, @bwstauffer, @fishinmagician, @gwenmdl, @monicaeb, @swift1945, @aileen_w, @archy007, @jeremyh100, @jfrancis, @lagoondon, @lakekoshare, @mkwoostertierney, @allyns, @bryanperry, @circuscyaneus, @dwiley, @evert_henningheim, @henrietta2, @japan2020, @jaronwilliams, @judygva, @mdnaturalist, @spencerfoucart, @vfs6, @aaronczajkowski, @danbeaupre, @eroschilles, @hckelly, @ianweiss, @joallen, @lstack, @savannahsmiles, @sew20003, @steffe1313, @summerfog, @tuckerwade, @valehu, @amateurnaturalist, @anna321, @bonnie_in_va, @dsheppard, @dyani, @ecologyelise, @gasteyer, @icabrol, @joycem1218, @katzyna, @megan44, @oliverdespo, @rb2, @sudonaaame, @sueduffy, @tobin3, @venom