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Date

Jun 08, 2025

Time

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Second Sunday – Cicadas, strange and charming

SUNDAY, June 8, 1:30pm — 3:00pm

Second Sunday with Friends

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Cicadas, strange and charming.

Cicadas are large, clumsy insects whose calls are synonymous with “summer”. Join Chris Alice Kratzer, engineer, scientist, author, and illustrator, to learn how cicadas serve as a foundational pillar of the natural world. There is so much more to these strange and charming creatures than initially meets the ear!

Signed copies will be available, cash only.

The Cicadas of North America – $30

The Social Wasps of North America – $25

The June program with be in-person or via Zoom. Registration is required. ttsu.me/cicadas

In-person will be held at Helen C. Fenske Visitor Center Pavilion, 32 Pleasant Plains Road, Harding Township, NJ 07920

The Zoom logon will be emailed to all registrants on Sunday, June 8 at noon.

Sponsored by Friends of Great Swamp NWR and USFWS with generous support from the Martha Heflin Foundation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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