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April 8, 2013

Dear Press/Media/Bloggers: please use the correct cicada images and video

Filed under: Brood II,Identify,Magicicada,Periodical — by Dan Mozgai @ 7:26 pm

If you’re writing an article about the coming emergence of the 17-year periodical cicadas, please use the correct genus & species of cicadas.

The genus of all 17 year cicadas is Magicicada, and they are never green. The three species of 17-year cicadas are M. septendecim, M. cassini, and M. septendecula. They’re all black with orange wings and legs and red eyes (some exceptions, but they’re never green).

Photos:

More photos: A gallery of Magicicada septendecim

17-year cicada video:

We need a CICADA montage! from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Wrong Cicadas:

If the cicada you use in your article is green, it isn’t a 17-year cicada:

The cicada at the top of the Wikipedia page for cicadas is not a 17-year cicada, it’s an annual cicada called Tibicen linnei:

Tibicen linnei

The cicada shedding its skin on a roll of paper towel… that’s not a 17-year cicada either:

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January 20, 2013

Orange-speckled green cicada (Lembeja sp nov)

Filed under: Identify,Indonesia,News — by Dan Mozgai @ 11:45 am

Orange-speckled green cicada (Lembeja sp nov), originally uploaded by artour_a.

A pretty green speckled cicada from North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

If you can identify the species, let us know.

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November 8, 2012

Brazil Cicada Identification Challenge, Part 2

Filed under: Brazil,Identify — by Dan Mozgai @ 9:43 pm

Here is part 2. Jairo of Cigarras do Brasil – Brazilian Cicadas asked for our help to identify some unknown cicada species from Brazil. The following photographs feature cicadas from Brazil we want to identify. We are hoping folks in the cicada research community can help.

Note: All of these cicadas were photographed at Paraibuna, São Paulo. This town is close to the Paraíba Valley (Vale do Paraíba), and to São José dos Campos and Caçapava.

1) Possibly an Ariasa sp. (about 1/2 inch (1,3cm))

2) Possibly a Quesada sodalis (about 1 1/2 inch (4cm))

Cicadas 3, 4 and 5 were identified by David Emery as Fidicinoides picea (Walker, 1850). Learn more about Fidicnoides picea.

3) Identified: Fidicnoides picea.

4) Identified: Fidicnoides picea.

5) Identified: Fidicnoides picea.

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Brazil Cicada Identification Challenge, Part 1

Filed under: Brazil,Identify — by Dan Mozgai @ 9:19 pm

Jairo of Cigarras do Brasil – Brazilian Cicadas asked for our help to identify some unknown cicada species from Brazil. The following videos feature cicada song belonging to the cicadas we want to identify. We are hoping folks in the cicada research community can help.

Note: All of these cicadas were photographed at Paraibuna, São Paulo. This town is close to the Paraíba Valley (Vale do Paraíba), and to São José dos Campos and Caçapava.

The first cicada Unknown Cicada Song from Brazil sounds like a siren from a science fiction movie:

The second video Unknown cicada song (along with Q. gigas) – Need identification features a Quesada gigas and another cicada. It’s the other cicada we need to identify.

As a reference, here is the song of the Quesada gigas:

View all cicada identification challenges.

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October 21, 2012

Things that are not true cicadas

Filed under: Identify,Pop Culture — by Dan Mozgai @ 12:51 pm

Most things in the Universe are not true cicadas. I created a page to point out insects and other animals that people commonly confuse with cicadas, and list people, places and things named “cicada” that clearly are not cicadas. Read more about: These are Not Cicada Insects!

Like this:

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November 7, 2011

Another Brazilian Cicada ID challenge

Filed under: Brazil,Identify — by Dan Mozgai @ 5:23 pm

Jairo from Cigarras do Brasil – Brazilian Cicadas website returns with more cicadas from Brazil for you to identify. Click each photo to arrive at larger versions of the image.

Cicada One

Cicada Two

Cicada Three

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June 11, 2010

Can you ID this cicada from Malaysia

Filed under: Identify — by Dan Mozgai @ 11:25 am

Big cicada – close-up, originally uploaded by Jellyfish57.

Sophie too this photo of a cicada in Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia. Can you ID it? I’m going to take a look at my books this weekend.

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August 24, 2009

Can you help identify this Australian cicada (Pauropsalta mneme)?

Filed under: Australia,Identify,Pauropsalta — by Dan Mozgai @ 6:12 pm

Can you identify this Australian cicada??? The photo was take by Elizabeth Barnett.

mysterycicada

Hi, I wondered whether you can help me identify a cicada we saw at Hall’s Gap (Midwest Victoria, Australia) in January this year? It had a limited tolerance for being photographed and took off asap. From memory its call was a sort of short “eck! eck!” rather than the continuous shrill you get from a greengrocer. There were heaps of them calling but this was the only one we saw. I’d estimate it was about half the size of a greengrocer.

I asked David Emery, and he said:

Looks pretty close to Pauropsalta mneme (Alarm clock ticker) with the orange belly and wing infuscations and is in the right place! Heard the first C.celis around Sydney last week, but very dry at present.

After a Google search for Pauropsalta mneme I’d say David was correct.

The Pauropsalta mneme can be found in south-eastern NSW, Victoria, and a small pocket in South Australia, from late September to early January. (Moulds, M.S.. Australian Cicadas Kennsignton: New South Wales Press, 1990, p. 131.)

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July 9, 2009

Cicada from Sumatra: ID them it you can

Filed under: Identify,Indonesia,Sumatra — by Dan Mozgai @ 5:19 am

Mr. Agus and Mr. Arga need your help identifying at least one of these cicadas.

The photo taken from Rejang land, its located at south west Sumatra, Sumatra island, Indonesia, with 600-700 above level sea.

Well, I found the pages the images came from. Looks like just the Green one (A) needs an ID.

Cicada A. Still unknown.

Cicada B. Tosena depicta.

Cicada C. Huechys sanguinea.

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June 10, 2008

Identify this cicada

Filed under: Identify — by Dan Mozgai @ 8:42 pm

Cicada experts: can you identify this cicada? Hint: although it has white eyes, it is not a 17 year cicada. These photos were take by John Beard in Atascosa County, TX. BTW, is the black spot in the middle of the eye technically considered a pupil? Let us know.

Mystery cicada

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