If you’re a Brood I cicada, you’re probably instar 4.
10 years ago meme (which is a thing in January of 2022):
Magicicada periodical cicada Broods.
January 10, 2022
July 7, 2021
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 6
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 6. 2021.
Teneral Magicicada:
Teneral Magicicada:
Magicicada septendecim that failed to completely exit its exuvia before its body hardened:
Magicicada septendecim that failed to completely exit its exuvia before its body hardened:
A pair of Magicicada septendecim:
More from Jim Occi:
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 5
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 4
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 3
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi, set 2
- Brood X Magicicada Photos by Jim Occi
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004
- More Cicada Photos from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi
- Photos of Brood II Magicicada cicadas from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 5
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 5. 2021.
Molting Magicicada:
Teneral Magicicada:
Teneral Magicicada:
Teneral Magicicada expanding wings:
Adult Magicicada with crumpled wings:
More from Jim Occi:
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 4
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 3
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi, set 2
- Brood X Magicicada Photos by Jim Occi
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004
- More Cicada Photos from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi
- Photos of Brood II Magicicada cicadas from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 4
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 4. 2021.
A Rutgers cap in Princeton (one day Rutgers needs to get that cannon back).
Magicicada septendecim with exposed tymbal:
A Magicicada with its abdomen wrecked by Massospora fungus.
Magicicada exit holes:
A pair of Magicicada septendecim:
More from Jim Occi:
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 3
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi, set 2
- Brood X Magicicada Photos by Jim Occi
- Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004
- More Cicada Photos from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi
- Photos of Brood II Magicicada cicadas from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 3
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 3. 2021.
Magicicada septendecim on finger:
Teneral, newly molted Magicicada:
Magicicada septendecim perched on a plant stalk:
A mass of Magicicada skins:
Magicicada septendecim on a leaf:
More from Jim:
July 3, 2021
Magicicada cassinii photos from Brood X
Here are some Magicicada cassinii photos from Brood X, 2021, Flemmington, New Jersey.
Magicicada cassinii ovipositing
M. cassinii taking a drink:
Brood X Magicicada Photos from Princeton
These are a set of Brood X Magicicada photos from Princeton, nearby a Burger King, an area with a large population of Magicicada septendecula. Taken in 2021 by Dan Mozgai.
Left to right: Magicicada cassini, Magicicada septendecula, Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim with a black wing margin:
Magicicada septendecim with a black wing margin:
A pair of Magicicada septedecim:
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim:
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi, set 2
Here’s the second set of Brood X Magicicada septendecim photos by Jim Occi. The photos were taken in New Jersey in 2021.
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim:
More photos by Jim:
Brood X Magicicada Photos by Jim Occi
Jim Occi has contributed photos to Cicada Mania since the 2004 Brood X emergence.
Here are 5 photos from the recent Brood X emergence in New Jersey:
More photos by Jim:
June 9, 2021
Brood X 2021 Princeton, New Jersey
The Princeton Battlefield (historical location of one of George Washington’s battles) has always been a great place to find Brood X periodical cicadas.
Here are a few photos I took last weekend:
A female Magicicada septendecim with white eyes & costal wing margin mating:
A female Magicicada septendecim with white eyes & costal wing margin:
Magicicada with beige eyes:
Many, many exit holes:
Triple exit holes in mud (kinda looks like a skull):
Egg nests carved into branches by the cicadas ovipositor:
