Molting Cicada

This morning I found a cicada molting on a car tire. I assume this is a confused Brood X periodical cicada. They are supposed to emerge in 2021, however last year quite a number came out early. This is the first one I have seen so I have no idea how many will come out this year.

It takes a while for them to fully emerge. In the first picture it is most of the way out but pointing away from its exoskeloton. You can see a milky white drop of liquid on the tail end of the shell. This is not normal, I have never seen that before.

After some time it curls up and grabs hold on the exoskeleton and pulls the remaining bit of it's body out.

Once fully emerged it quickly moves off the discarded exoskeleton. The cicada is yellowish white now, but over the next couple of hours it will darken as it's body hardens. It's wings will also lengthen and harden as well.