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Neotibicen tibicen tibicen for August 11th.
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
This is the August 9th edition of the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicadas.
A Neotibicen tibicen tibicen molting:
Another Neotibicen tibicen tibicen molting:
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
Enjoy the Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 23rd, part 2!
A molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A fully sclerotized Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A fully sclerotized Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
Enjoy the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 23rd, part 1.
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Two recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Male in the foreground, Female in the background.
A fully sclerotized female Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. I don’t know how it got around that spruce sap!
A molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A molting Female Neotibicen tibicen tibicen:
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
We had a short Neotibicen cicada season in New Jersey in 2022.
I’m used to finding molting Neotibicen cicadas between the first week of July and the last week of August. This year they started emerging in the first week of July, but the last one I found was on August 2nd.
I wonder if the short season was due to the major drought or heat waves New Jersey experienced this summer.
Here are some photos of a freshly-molted/teneral(soft) Morning cicada:
Male freshly-molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Ventral view. Note the opercula.
Male freshly-molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Side view.
Male freshly-molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen with folded wings:
More from the 2022 season: Neotibicen tibicen tibicen female cicada molting, Neotibicen lyricen found in central New Jersey, and Neotibicen linnei in Northern New Jersey.
A Neotibicen tibicen tibicen female cicada molting. Also known as Morning or Swamp cicada. 2022, Central New Jersey.
Here are some Neotibicen lyricen molting in New Jersey July 2021.
Rich caramel eyes; blues & pinks in pronotal collar, legs, and mesonotum; green wings (that will stay green) and orange abdomen.
Here’s some photos of Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicadas taken in New Jersey in July of 2021.
One of the most fun periodical cicada experiences is watching thousands of nymphs emerge from the ground at night, crawl to the nearest vertical surface (hopefully a tree) and begin to molt.
This is a video by Roy Troutman from 2007 of the Brood XIII emergence, specifically in Ryerson Woods in Illinois:
Observing magicicada emergence at Ryerson Woods from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.
Here’s a time-lapse video, also by Roy, of a cicada nymph molting:
Magicicada nymph molting from Roy Troutman on Vimeo.
This is a series of molting and recently molted teneral (soft) cicadas from the 2013 Brood II Magicicada emergence in Metuchen, NJ.
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A teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen, NJ
A tisket, a tasket, cicadas on a basket
Molting Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada emergence in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada exuvia Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada nymph and teneral adult on an owl
Magicicada molting in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicadas in various stages in Metuchen, NJ
Nymph crawling on Magicicada molting in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada cassini in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen NJ
Teneral Magicicadas on a spruce tree
Teneral male Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Two male Magicicada cicadas
Two teneral male Magicicadas Metuchen, NJ
White teneral Magicicada in Metuchen yes they are white when they emerge
Other galleries in this series: