Magicicada (periodical cicadas) are best known for emerging in massive numbers on an eerily precise schedule, every 13 or 17 years. However, some cicada "stragglers" apparently lose track of time and emerge off-cycle in small numbers. Off-cycle emergences typically occur one year or four years off, though two-year early or late cicadas and other off-timed emergences have also been observed.

This project will collect observations of off-cycle Magicicada emerging in 2022. These stragglers will be most likely to occur in Brood X areas (one year late for last year's emergence) or in Brood XIII and XIX areas (two years early for the 2024 emergences). less ↑