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Old 06-14-2013, 01:03 PM
 
Location: The beautiful Garden State
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After being quiet for a day or two during the rain, they are louder than ever today in Essex Fells. It sounds like an alien invasion
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Old 06-15-2013, 06:41 AM
 
Location: Montclair, NJ
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Have yet to see one.
Update- seen plenty. A mile away they are thick; noisy and flying around. I guess they need such big numbers b ecause they are one of the worst evolved animals to avoid predators. They crawl slowly from ground, then are poor fliers with bid red eyes that are essentialy targets.
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Old 06-15-2013, 06:36 PM
 
Location: The beautiful Garden State
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I was at Drew University in Madison today and they were LOUD. There are a lot of woods surrounding the Drew campus.
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Old 06-15-2013, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Randolph, NJ
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I was driving home from work going north on Rt 287 and from about exit 23 to 33ish, I heard this tremendously loud high pitched buzzing. Mind you, I'm going 80mph, had the windows shut plus talk radio going on and I could clearly hear this really loud noise like I've never heard in my life. At first I thought there was something wrong with my car but as I opened my window I noticed a bunch of them flying everywhere in the woods. 4 or 5 of them went splat on my windshield...

I'm used to the annual cicadas but these things are a whole different bowl of wax... Here I thought all the news stories about these 17 year cicadas were a bunch of bs. Thankfully they haven't been seen in my town (yet).
Driving on 287, heading north of 78, I had this same experience today. Turned off the radio to listen because I thought I had a leak in a hose or something else wring with the car. Didn't see any, but lowered the windo and heard them better and the lightbulb went on.
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Old 06-15-2013, 08:21 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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This is a non-event down in south jersey.
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Old 06-16-2013, 02:38 PM
 
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My dog just ate one in my yard and proceeded to throw it up on the living room floor. Yum!
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Old 06-16-2013, 04:16 PM
 
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Starting to hear more of the mating calls, both M. septindecim and M. cassini. I also got to hear an M. cassini alarm call when one flew into my shirt.
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Old 06-17-2013, 07:08 AM
 
Location: Randolph, NJ
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Starting to hear more of the mating calls, both M. septindecim and M. cassini. I also got to hear an M. cassini alarm call when one flew into my shirt.

Nah, that was probably the mating call as it just got to 2nd base.
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Old 06-17-2013, 07:15 AM
 
Location: South Jersey
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This is a non-event down in south jersey.
Yeah, nonevent so far for us here in SW Gloucester County.
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Old 06-17-2013, 11:52 AM
 
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Yeah, nonevent so far for us here in SW Gloucester County.
Mercer County, haven't seen one, and quite thankful!!!
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