On Monday (Memorial Day) I was lucky enough to find a lone Magicicada septendecim brood II straggler in Metuchen, NJ. This is a male, and he was about 1.5 inches or 3.8 centimeters long.
UPDATED! Now with high-rez versions.
Magicicada septendecim brood II straggler
Thanks to Elias for noticing the coloration behind the eye that IDs this as a decim.
Nice pics Dan! Good to see that you have been finding stragglers too.
Comment by Roy Troutman — May 26, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
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