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    • Periodical Cicada Broods (Feature Layer)

    Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

    Note: This is a large dataset. To download, go to ArcGIS Open Data Set and click the download button, and under additional resources select the geodatabase option. Data layer depicting periodical cicada distribution and expected year of emergence by cicada brood and county. The periodical cicada emerges in massive groups once every 13 or 17 years and is completely unique to North America. There are 15 of these mass groups, called broods, of periodical cicadas in the United States. This county-based data, complied by the USFS Northern Research Station, depict where and when the different broods of periodical cicadas are likely to emerge in the US through 2037. The data was compiled for the 2011 publication entitled "Avian predators are less abundant during periodical cicada emergences, but why?" (Koenig et al. https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10-1583.1) using data from periodical cicada publications listed below. 1) Marlatt, C. L. 1907. "The periodical cicada". Bulletin of the USDA Bureau of Entomology 71:1?181. 2) Simon, C. 1988. "Evolution of 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas". (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 34:163?176. 3) Liebhold, A. M., Bohne, M. J., and R. L. Lilja. 2013. "Active Periodical Cicada Broods of the United States". USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. Metadata and Downloads

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2021-05-03
    Data Last Modified 2022-08-29
    Category geospatial
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Ecosystem Vulnerability","Biodiversity"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:96
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    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::periodical-cicada-broods-feature-layer
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 005:059
    Progresscode onGoing
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