Cicadas live on every continent, except for Antarctica. This lucky kid in Laos has a handful of cicadas.
August 17, 2008
July 17, 2008
Cicada Tibicen pronotalis
Another cool photo from Flickr. There’s more pictures and information about this species on The Bug Guide.
July 13, 2008
Cicada Tibicen superbus (formerly T. superba)
Suberb Tibicen superbus (formerly T. superba) photos.
Looking back at Brood XIV: 17-year cicadas
Check out these 17 year cicada photos from Frank Merenda of Asheville NC.
July 7, 2008
Enter the Tibicen: Summer is Here
The Tibicen is the genus of annual cicada most people are familiar with.
Here are some general details about Tibicen:
- They emerge every summer. They do not emerge in broods.
- They emerge in small numbers (small relative to periodical cicadas).
- They are timid and elusive compared to periodical cicadas.
- Most are physically larger than periodical cicadas.
- They are well camouflaged: their colors and patterns of colors help to hide them in their surroundings. They look like little military vehicles, IMHO.
- Colloquial names for Tibicens: August Dry Birds, Dog Day cicadas, Harvest Flies, Jar Flies, Bush Cicada (Tibicen dorsatus, formerly T. dorsata)
Some cool Tibicen posts and pages you should check out:
- Cicada researcher Kathy Hill’s photo of 18 different Tibicen species.
- It is possible to identify Tibicen just after they have molted: a visual tool to identify freshly molted Tibicens by Paul Krombholz
- Tibicen anatomy page (offsite link).
- Macro videos of a Tibicen by Roy Troutman
- My Tibicen photos, including Marvin, the CicadaMania mascot.
- All Tibicen posts on this website.
- All Tibicen galleries.
An image from Roy Troutman:
Tibicen tibicen (T. chloromerus, T. chloromera)
July 3, 2008
Cicada tymbal
A good photo of the cicada’s tymbal — the part that makes the noise.
A look back at Brood XIV: Cicada Tree
Another photo from Flickr — all that stuff on the ground — cicadas.