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These are photos of live cicada specimens from the 2013 Brood II emergence in Middlesex County, NJ.
Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ:
Male Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ. Abdomen.
Male Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ:
Male Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ:
Male Magicicada Metuchen NJ:
Female Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ:
Male M. septendecim Metuchen NJ:
People and cicadas – Brood II Magicicada from Metuchen, New Jersey (2013).
These are photos of people and cicadas from Brood II.
My sister and a cicada:
Can I give you a hand?
Artist Asher Jay and a friend collecting cicadas:
John Cooley being interviewed by the New York Times with musician David Rothenberg in the foreground:
These are photos of a Magicicada septendecim with yellow-white eyes, which is rare, but you can usually find one or two if you spend enough time looking for them. The photos were taken during the 2013 Brood II emergence in Metuchen, NJ.
These are some small cicada chimneys created by Magicicada during Brood II in 2013 in Metuchen. Magicicadas occasionally create chimneys above the holes they emerge from — more often when the soil is wet or ground is shadowed (under a deck, in a lawn mower shed). These were shaded by a large pine.
These photos are of Brood II Cicada Events in Staten Island and NYC back in 2013. Technically the only photo from Manhattan is the cicada mosaic in the subway near the American Museum of Natural History. Most of these photos are from Staten Island Museum exhibits. The Staten Island Museum is the home of William T. Davis’ cicada collection, which numbers over 25,000 specimens. Ed Johnson was the curator of the collection at the time.
Staten Island has Brood II Magicicada. Manhattan has none, but may have in the past.
Roy Troutman and Elias Bonaros near cicada mosaic in subway:
Dan Mozgai featured on the Staten Island Museums Cicada Timeline:
John Cooley (middle) and Ed Johnson (right) at the Staten Island Museum:
Staten Island Museum 17 Year Cicada Exhibit:
Staten Island Museum 17 Year Cicada Exhibit:
The Joy of Six Legged Sex event at the Staten Island Museum:
William T Davis information at the Staten Island Museum:
A Magicicada with Pink Eyes held by Chris Simon. This photo was taken in the field, not at a museum.
Brood II Magicicada from Edison, New Jersey (2013).
A mess of Magicicada exuvia and corpses at the foot of a tree in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
David Rothenberg, John Cooley, Asher Jay and others looking for cicadas in Roosevelt Park:
Magicicada septendecim laying eggs _ovipositing_ in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Magicicada septendecim laying eggs ovipositing in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Magicicada septendecim with Massospora fungus found at the Edison Memorial Tower Park in Edison NJ:
Many Magicicada emergence holes in Edison Memorial Tower park in Edison NJ:
Mating Magicicada in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Mating Magicicada in Roosevelt Park NJ:
Mirror Image – Edison Memorial Tower Park:
Brood II Magicicada from Woodbridge, New Jersey (2013). Elias Bonaros, Roy Troutman and I went looking for cicadas in Middlesex County.
Male Magicicada septendecula found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
M. septendecim top and M.cassini bottom exuvia in Colonia NJ:
Magicicada exuvia in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Male Magicicada cassini found in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Many Magicicada on a single small tree in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Many many Magicicada on a single small tree in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Profile of a mustard eyed Magicicada septendecim found in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Yellow Eyed Magicicada in Merrill Park in Colonia NJ:
Female Magicicada cassini Colonia NJ:
Brood II Magicicada from Woodbridge, New Jersey (2013). Elias Bonaros, Roy Troutman and I went looking for cicadas in Middlesex County.
A pair of mating Magicicada septendecim found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
There was a population of Magicicada septendecula near the Metropark train station.
Female Magicicada septendecula found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
Male Magicicada septendecula found in Woodbridge Township NJ:
3 Photos from the 2016 Jim Thorpe Magicicada emergence. The Magicicada that emerge in Jim Thorpe are all Magicicada septendecim. This mini-brood is part of Brood V.
In 2014 I joined Roy Troutman in helping to map a brood of Magicicada that emerged in Ohio and Kentucky. When all was said and done, this brood was declared to be part of brood XXII.
Here’s my photos from this emergence. Skip to Part 1.
The “cicada track o matic” PC + GPS used to record locations where cicadas exist:
Molting Magicicada in Ohio:
CICADA license plate:
Magicicada tredecula found in Ohio:
CICADAS license plate:
The Cicadinator (never ever use this):
Magicicada tredecassini found in Kentucky:
