Cicada ManiaThis is Part 3 of my 2025 Morning Cicada (Swamp Cicada, Neotibicen tibicen tibicen) review.
These photos are of cicadas that have recently molted from their nymphal skins and are expanding and hardening their wings.
Neotibicen cicadas come in a variety of pastel colors when they are in their teneral (soft) phase, when they inflate their wings and harden their bodies after molting their nymphal skins. Teneral Neotibicen can feature the colors pink, yellow and blue, in addition to pastel versions of the oranges, browns and greens we commonly see on their fully-hardened adult bodies.
Here’s an example of a male Neotibicen lyricen that was pink when it was teneral:
Here’s photos of the same cicada as a nymph and a hardened adult. See that its mesonotum are black and brown, not green and brown. It’s closer to a Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti than the Neotibicen lyricen lyricen, which has green on its mesonotum (the cicada’s shield-like back).
Hardened adult:
The last Neotibicen tibicen tibicen I found in 2023, on August 13th.
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
This is the August 1st edition of the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen.
This cicada has molted and its wings have filled with fluid and are in place, ready to harden. It is a male.
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
Enjoy the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 30th, part 2.
Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molting male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molting male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Neotibicen emergence hole. It was a very rainy, mudding year in New Jersey!
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
Enjoy the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 30th, part 1.
A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Peewee the Chihuahua for scale.
Teneral Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada spreading its wings:
A Neotibicen tibicen tibicen getting ready to lean forward, grab its old skin and pull out the rest of its body.
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
This is the July 24th edition of the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (aka Morning or Swamp Cicada) photo series.
Take a look at July 16th edition.
Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Note the blue on the wings and green eyes.
Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Note the green eyes and blue on the pronotum!
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
Enjoy the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 23rd, part 1.
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Two recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Male in the foreground, Female in the background.
A fully sclerotized female Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. I don’t know how it got around that spruce sap!
A molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
A molting Female Neotibicen tibicen tibicen:
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.
This is the July 22nd edition of the summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen photo series.
Take a look at July 16th edition.
Trivia: an older name of this cicada was Tibicen chloromera. Chloromera means green thighs.
Note the green thighs of these molting (formerly known as) chloromera:
SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.