Subject: periodical cicada update – laying eggs
Location: Jackson TN USA
May 24, 2015 12:27 pm
Now that our week of rain has slowed down the cicadas are calling and mating. Here is a female I spotted out by my clothes line laying eggs in a bush. The calling is so loud around our house you actually have to speak louder than normal outside to be heard.
Signature: Jess
Dear Jess,
Thanks so much for providing an update on your Periodical Cicada submission from last week. We suspect that Brood XXIII may have a very limited distribution as we have not received any other submissions for this significant event.