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Howdy all,

Making my first post here!

I've been encountering a great deal of periodical cicadas around where I live in Louisville, Kentucky. The insect identifier app that I have says they are Dwarf periodicals (Magicicada cassini) but they look almost identical to Pharaoh cicadas (Magicicada septendecim).

Brood XIV (The Bourbon Brood) is the one currently in our area (I can hear them now from where I'm sitting on my deck. Love that sound). Does anyone know what species Brood XIV is and how to tell the difference between M. cassini and M. septendecim?

I'll also include pictures of the individuals I've seen.

Where in Looville? I was there all last week- downtown- and didn’t hear a thing.

My cicadas all went to Cornell recently so I have nothing to reference for comparison. Did you try iNaturalist?

I found quite a few husks a few wings around my yard in the Fern Creek area, and saw tons in Broad Run and Mcneely Lake Parks.

You could really hear them in the parks since a few days ago, and just started hearing them around my yard today, though I'm sure they've been here longer.

Haven't tried INaturalist, I'll give it a go.