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Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 6

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Post date July 7, 2021

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 Jim Occi

Magicicada septendecim that failed to completely exit its exuvia before its body hardened:
Magicicada Jim Occi

A pair of Magicicada septendecim:
A pair of Magicicada Jim Occi

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Brood X Jim Occi Magicicada Periodical

Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 5

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Post date July 7, 2021

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:

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Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 4

Post author By Dan
Post date July 7, 2021

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 wrecked by Massospora

Magicicada exit holes:
Magicicada holes by Jim Occi

A pair of Magicicada septendecim:

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Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 3

Post author By Dan
Post date July 7, 2021

Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi taken in Princeton, set 3. 2021.

Magicicada septendecim on finger:
Perched on finger

Teneral, newly molted Magicicada:
Teneral Magicicada

Magicicada septendecim perched on a plant stalk:
Magicicada on plant Jim Occi

A mass of Magicicada skins:
A mass of exuvia by Jim Occi

Magicicada septendecim on a leaf:
Magicicada on leaf

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Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi, set 2

Post author By Dan
Post date July 3, 2021

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 photo by Jim Occi

Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim: by Jim Occi

Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim: by Jim Occi

Magicicada septendecim:
Magicicada septendecim: by Jim Occi

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Brood X Magicicada Photos by Jim Occi

Post author By Dan
Post date July 3, 2021

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:

Brood X Magicicada Photo by Jim Occi

Brood X Magicicada Photo by Jim Occi

Brood X Magicicada Photo by Jim Occi

Brood X Magicicada Photo by Jim Occi

Brood X Magicicada Photo by Jim Occi

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Brood X Jim Occi Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004

Post author By Dan
Post date February 29, 2020

Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004.

Magicicadas mating:
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004

Adult Magicicada
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004

Teneral Magicicada
Brood X Magicicada photos by Jim Occi from 2004

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More Cicada Photos from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi

Post author By Dan
Post date June 8, 2013
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Here are more Magicicada photos from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi.

Click the images for larger versions:

Adult Magicicada:

Ant feeding on Magicicada stuck in exuvia:

Ant feeding on Magicicada stuck in exuvia:

Ant feeding on Magicicada nymph:

Ant feeding on Magicicada nymph:

Close up of a teneral Magicicada:

Magicicada exuvia and corpses:

Magicicada molting:

Magicicada with incomplete ecdysis and tymbal visible:

Teneral Magicicada:

Teneral Magicicada:

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Photos of Brood II Magicicada cicadas from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi

Post author By Dan
Post date May 18, 2013
3 Comments on Photos of Brood II Magicicada cicadas from Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi

These photos of adult Magicicada cicadas were taken in Westfield, NJ by Jim Occi on May 16th.

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

This photo is particularly interesting as the cicadas’s wings were damaged during the ecdysis (molting) process and its tymbal (the ribbed structure that makes the cicada’s sound) is clearly exposed:

Adult Brood II Magicicada septendecim from Westfield NJ by Jim Occi

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