This is part 2 of 2025 Morning Cicada (Swamp Cicada, Neotibicen tibicen tibicen) photos.
A cicada pushing its way out of its skin:
The cicada out of its skin, beginning to inflate its wings.
A hemolymph bubble on the cicada's wing. An injury that is usually not fatal.
The cicada with every part but the end of its abdomen out of its skin.
A cicada mostly out of its old skin and about to reach forward and grab the skin so it can pull its abdomen out.
Now check out Part 1: the Nymphs or Part 3: teneral cicadas hardening wings.