Enjoy these Brood II Magicicada photos from Scotch Plans, NJ from Judy Lanfredi.
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A teneral Magicicada in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Adult Magicicada on a leaf in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Adult Magicicada on a telephone pole in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Adult Magicicada septendecim in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Crippled Magicicada in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Magicicada on a flower in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Magicicada on a leaf in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Magicicada on an iris flower in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Magicicada septendecim and exuvia in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Magicicada undergoing ecdysis in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Mating Magicicada septendecim in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Teneral Magicicada and exuvia in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Teneral Magicicada in Grass in Scotch Plains NJ by Judy Lanfredi
Teneral Magicicada in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Teneral Magicicada on a flower in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
Teneral Magicicada on a stick in Scotch Plains by Judy Lanfredi
this is great ! I’m so happy to see these photos and especially the location because I used to live in Scotch Plains New Jersey as a kid and I remember the Memorial Day Parade in 1962 when I march with my Girl Scout troops and the cicadas were everywhere !!! I calculated the year because I was in 5th grade. I did some math and realize that it was 51 years ago and 51 divided by 17 is exactly 3 !! so these are a continuation of the same cicada cycle that I saw so long ago!!! Wow! now I live on Long Island and unfortunately we don’t seem to have the periodic cicadas out here. only the annual ones . but fortunately my brother still lives in Scotch Plains and I am going there in a week and a half for my niece’s graduation . so I am very excited that I may get to see the mass emergence after all !!! Yay!