Cicada Mania

Enjoy Summer form the Chicago Tribune. ” When the dog day cicadas stop, a Chicago summer-lover knows, it’s over”.

Cicadas usher in dog days of summer from Delaware Online. “They’re stubby, green and clumsy, easy pickings for birds and portable nurseries for killer wasps, yet capable of belting out a wobbling buzz that can split an ear or open a world of memories on a summer afternoon”. (Thanks Roy)

Update: Gerry Bunker nailed it: it’s a Tibicen superbus. Notice that the “McDonald’s Arch” is separated.

Here’s a challenge for all you cicada maniacs: indentify this cicada! Even I don’t know what it is. Place your guesses in the Comments (see link below).

The photo was taken by Elise Solloway in Oklahoma in August of this year.

Here’s a fresh picture of a Tibicen from my backyard: