{"id":13221,"date":"2020-03-28T08:14:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=13221"},"modified":"2024-05-15T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:51:08","slug":"2018-megatibicen-auletes-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/2018-megatibicen-auletes-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Megatibicen auletes hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year I go to Manchester, NJ to look for Megatibicen auletes aka Northern Dusk-Singing Cicadas. There are auletes in my zipcode, but they&#8217;re easier to find in the southern-half of New Jersey. The location is a favorite of Elias Bonaros&#8217;, and more times than not we sync-up and go auletes hunting as a team. Good times.<\/p>\n<p>Two auletes are better than one:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Two-Megatibicen-auletes-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Two-Megatibicen-auletes-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Two-Megatibicen-auletes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Two-Megatibicen-auletes.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>M. auletes nymph:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-Manchester-NJ-Aug-11-2018-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-Manchester-NJ-Aug-11-2018-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-Manchester-NJ-Aug-11-2018-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-Manchester-NJ-Aug-11-2018-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-Manchester-NJ-Aug-11-2018-1535x2048.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-Manchester-NJ-Aug-11-2018-scaled.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>M. auletes exit hole:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-exit-hole.jpg\" alt=\"Neotibicen auletes exit hole\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-exit-hole.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-exit-hole-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Neotibicen-auletes-exit-hole-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Megatibicen auletes in Manchester NJ:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-in-Manchester-NJ.jpg\" alt=\"Megatibicen auletes in Manchester NJ\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-in-Manchester-NJ.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-in-Manchester-NJ-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-in-Manchester-NJ-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Megatibicen auletes exuvia in Manchester NJ:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-exvuia-in-Manchester-NJ.jpg\" alt=\"Megatibicen auletes exuvia in Manchester NJ\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-exvuia-in-Manchester-NJ.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-exvuia-in-Manchester-NJ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-exvuia-in-Manchester-NJ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-exvuia-in-Manchester-NJ-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Megatibicen auletes climbing tree:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-climing-tree.jpg\" alt=\"Megatibicen auletes climbing tree\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-climing-tree.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-climing-tree-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Megatibicen-auletes-climing-tree-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* Note as of 2023 the name of this cicada has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/megatibicen-auletes-is-changing-to-megatibicen-grossa\/\">changed to Megatibicen grossus<\/a>. You can also call it a Northern Dusk-Signing Cicada. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year I go to Manchester, NJ to look for Megatibicen auletes aka Northern Dusk-Singing Cicadas. There are auletes in my zipcode, but they&#8217;re easier to find in the southern-half of New Jersey. The location is a favorite of Elias Bonaros&#8217;, and more times than not we sync-up and go auletes hunting as a team. 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