Cicada explosion delayed by rain
Saturday, May 25, 2013 Last updated: Saturday May 25, 2013, 7:47 AM
BY JAMES M. O’NEILL
STAFF WRITER
The Record
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A cicada spotted in Englewood Cliffs on Friday. More of the bugs are expected to emerge next week.
It seems even cicadas don’t like going out in the rain.
The anticipated emergence of billions of 17-year cicadas this spring — already in full throttle from the Carolinas to central New Jersey — has been suppressed so far in North Jersey, as wet and much cooler weather swept in this week just as the inch-long bugs were set to crawl from the ground.
Periodical cicadas usually emerge only when the soil temperature reaches a sustained 64 degrees, and this week’s cooler air and rain have prevented that.
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