Cicada Nymph Emergence Hike

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We went out with friends on an after-dark owl hike last night. We did hear a couple of owls hooting. But what it quickly turned into was a nighttime cicada emergence hike instead. They were everywhere!

Cicada Nymph in the Front Lawn

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My wife found this cicada nymph when we were working out in the yard on Saturday, May 11th, 2024. 

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Cicada Nymph

Yesterday I found a cicada nymph emerging from the dirt in our neighborhood. It is one of the large mountain cicadas that we get here in Greeley every year. We have had many cicadas singing in the trees for weeks now, and a giant cicada killer wasp digging burrows in the neighbors' rocks for several days, so this one seems to be a late riser. I see adults and the exoskeletons of nymphs more often than I actually see a living nymph, so it was cool to see this one. These are definitely larger than the ones that I grew up with in Yuma, Arizona. I placed this one on a tree in the front yard and found the shell on the ground beneath it this morning. Nature is cool!

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Putnam's Cicadas at Hewlett Gulch in Poudre Canyon, Colorado

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Cicada Larva on Lower Monument Canyon Trail

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We found this cicada larva walking across the Lower Monument Canyon Trail on June 14th, 2014. We placed it in a bush nearby. Below are a couple of pics and a video.

Cicada Larva Video

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