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Here's the latest variant picture for Northern Ireland, to late February.

BA.3.2.* "Cicada" has been dominant at 67%.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued falling to finish at 39%

No samples have been shared from the other home countries since February 9.

Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to mid-February.

BA.3.2.* "Cicada" continued to dominate at 72%.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued falling to finish at 25%

Recent samples are only from Northern Ireland.

A search for "whisker" in photos app brings up a lot of questionable matches, but I think this qualifies.

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Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to early February.

BA.3.2.* "Cicada" continued its sharp grew suddenly and took over dominance at 44%.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued falling to finish at 32%

Cicadas are so pretty!

This is a northern dog day cicada (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) we spotted on the sidewalk last August:

Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to late January.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued falling sharply to finish at 38%

BA.3.2.* grew suddenly and is challenging for dominance at 34%.

@pertho Snapped one molting/emerging in 2013. Truly amazing creatures #cicada

Barking and Buzzing 🦗 for #texturetuesday and #thicktrunktuesday

A summer throwback to the park and this very tall tree. If you zoom in you can see all the cicada exuviae - which are very crispy and crunchy. (Crunch them in your hands not in your mouth please!! 😂)✨

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Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to mid-January.

XFG.* "Stratus" remained dominant, but fell sharply to 44%

NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" grew steadily to 31%.

BA.3.2.* fell slightly to 20%.

This scenario raises the risk of rapid reinfections, for those relying on disease-acquired immunity.