Have You Seen This Bug?
UGA entomologist asks for help tracking periodic cicadas.
It has been 13 years since periodic cicadas last emerged in Georgia. Brood XIX is expected to emerge through June. Within a couple of months, the cicadas will emerge, mate, lay eggs and die. Once the last of the brood dies, the periodic cicadas will not be seen again until 2024. University of Georgia entomologists are asking for the public’s help in tracking these infrequently seen insects. UGA has requested citizens take photos of cicadas and shed cicada skins and send them to Insects@uga.edu. Researchers also ask that submissions include the date and location where the cicada or cicada skin was photographed. Periodic cicadas are approximately an inch and a half long. They emerge in the spring and have bright red eyes with orange-veined …
