Early to the Party – the Pharaoh Cicada on Cape Cod
I must admit, I was a little jealous to hear that the Brood X cicadas that everyone’s been talking about in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland would not extend as far north as Massachusetts. So I was surprised, and quite delighted, to discover this Magicicada (periodic cicadas) in my yard last week. Unlike some of the swarm-like photos coming out of NY/NJ, I found just a single female beside its exuvia – the cast-off outer outer skin of…