High-res versions of Roy Troutman’s marble-eyed cicada photos. Fascinating. You can see a color variation in all 5 eyes!

Roy has obtained another marble-eyed 17 year cicada found by Mike & Reed Finfrock of West Chester, Ohio.

White eyes are unique, maybe one in 100,000, but these marble eyed cicadas seem to be even more rare. They look like the red was torn away, revealing the gray below (like something you would see on a blinged out Honda Civic or an 80’s metal guitar).

Here’s something that’s truly amazing — a 17 year cicada with marble-colored eyes. White eyed cicadas are rare — but a mixed color eye cicada is amazing. Roy and the person how found the cicada should go play the lottery tonight, because luck is on their side.

Here’s some photos of Roy’s white eyed 17 year cicadas.

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Michael Jimms sent us this photo of a blue eyed Magicicada:

Michael won the last button in the blue/white/gray eyed cicada category.

Congratulations to all the winners. There are still prizes left in the contest: for Multi Colored Eyed cicadas, and for an emerging nymph with white eyes. Good luck.

A creamy white eyed cicada from Morton Grove by Judy Thorpe:

And…

A true-blue eyed cicada from Western Springs by Matt Weiss:

Here’s a white eyed cicada from Grayson Martin.

This entry was submitted by Elias Bonaros and Barbara Rzeszutek, taken in Deerfield, IL: Click the image for a larger version — do it!

This entry was submitted by Chris Owen, taken at Lemon Lake County Park in Cedar lake, IN:

Here’s 3 Cicada Contest winners.

Jen Swofford in Highland Park, IL:

Mark Muto in North Riverside, IL (click for larger version):

Sonja Kassebaum of Gurnee, IL (click for larger versions):

Paula King’s son found this cicada in Villa Park, IL. In the picture they eyes are white, but Paula observed that the eye color would actually vacillate between blue and white over the course of time. That’s an important observation.

Here’s another picture from Paula of a cicada with mustard colored eyes: