Dead. I saw a few flying, many dead ones, and hundreds of exuviae.
Lots of tredecassini observed around downtown Pittsboro, crashing into people, cars, sidewalks, etc. Roughly equally abundant as M. tredecim; didn’t see any tredecula.
Solid orange abdomen on bottom side of cicada says Riley's 13-year Cicada.
Sylvan Rd
Edgefield County, SC
My first catch of the year, males haven’t even started calling yet. One of the largest periodicals I’ve ever seen though. Possibly one of the -decims?