found under a cherry tree and some pine trees. dark red/dark orange wings and underside, decent amount of pruinose.
This specimen is smaller and darker than the Riley’s/tredecim I’ve been seeing in the vicinity. Tredecula?
Picked up on farm.outside pretoria
First emergence (Brood XIX) witnessed 9am, 25 April, 2024. Previous emergence of brood XXII (Baton Rouge brood) was witnessed, by me, in 2015. None have been observed, in the interim.
Brood XIX
The Great Southern Brood, 5 alive, 10 shells