The thin orange banding was pigmented, not translucent.
KANSAS…!!! Collected six nymphal exoskeletons, video of one emergent nymph, plus 10-12 singing males. Have video of two singing males but no place to upload them here. Sound like M. tredecassini. The link to the video…. https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/mhhxFjO0Qv2fqlpng1--Tw.JwXdCUx_7dSUhh9xTmeWd3
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/LvNhbYqeQu2Ej--lmLVGiA.HBnV_Y9NP3qqq0l9qLVrpF
Quiet, single individual calling from canopy. Roughly 30 second periods with inter-onset intervals of 3 to 4 minutes
A bunch of Magicicada tredecula were actively flying around tonight and singing their calls off and on in my neighborhood. It was only M. tredeculas I noticed, none of the other species. Bizarre. Could it have something to do with the light of the full moon, or something else?
The higher pitched song in the background, not the M. tredecassinis.