Tree damage in red oak due to the Brood XIV cicadas in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

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Eggs are laid in small holes cut into branch tips water does not reach the leaves the leaves die.

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Size: 3621px × 5431px
Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts, MA, USA, Cape Cod
Photo credit: © Derrick Alderman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 14, 17, 2008, august, brood, cape, cicadas, damage, dead, falmouth, hardwood, leaf, leaves, ma, magicicada, massachusetts, oak, periodic, periodical, red, seventeen, tree, usa, xiv, year