An assortment of cicada photos from Joe Green. 2009. Florida.
Neocicada hieroglyphica:
Cicada exuvia:
Cicada exuvia:
Cicada nymph:
Megatibicen auletes:
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An assortment of cicada photos from Joe Green. 2009. Florida.
Neocicada hieroglyphica:
Cicada exuvia:
Cicada exuvia:
Cicada nymph:
Megatibicen auletes:
Brood X Magicicada photos by Roy Troutman from 2004. Ohio.
This image was created by Paul Krombholz back when Megatibicen and Neotibicen were just Tibicen.
Top row, left to right:
Neotibicen davisi (formerly Tibicen davisi)
Megatibicen auletes (formerly Tibicen auletes)
Megatibicen figuratus (formerly Tibicen figurata)
Megatibicen pronotalis (formerly Tibicen marginalis)
Bottom row, left to right:
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (formerly Tibicen chloromera)
Neotibicen pruinosus (formerly Tibicen pruinosa)
Neotibicen lyricen (formerly Tibicen lyricen)
Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889). Photo by Michel Chantraine. This cicada is found in Thailand.
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Polyneurini
SubTribe: Formotosenina
Genus: Formotosena
Species: Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889)
Magicicada photos by Les Daniels, part 3. Here’s part 1 and part 2.
Les has a book called The Season of the Cicadas, which I recommend.
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adult
Nymphs
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adult
Magicicada chimney
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adults
Magicicada adult
Magicicada adults
Magicicada photos by Les Daniels, part 2. Heres part 1 and part 3.
Les has a book called The Season of the Cicadas, which I recommend.
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicadas
Adult Magicicadas
Teneral Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Exuvia
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Nymph
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Exuvia
Adult Magicicadas
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Adult Magicicada
Magicicada photos by Les Daniels, part 1. Here’s part 2 and part 3.
Les has a book called The Season of the Cicadas, which I recommend.
Adult Magicicadas by Les Daniels
Exuvia
Magicicada
Exuvia
Adult Magicicada
Mating adults
Adult Magicicada
Exit hole
Teneral Magicicada
Teneral Magicicada
Magicicada
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Dead Magicicadas
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicadas by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicada photograph by Les Daniels
Adult Magicicadas by Les Daniels
Okanagana cicada photos by Les Daniels. Les has a book called The Season of the Cicadas, which I recommend.
Psaltoda plaga aka Black Prince photo by Kevin Lee.
Amongst young Aussie kids the legendary White Knight is believed to exist but it is really just a black prince. When cicadas such as double drummers and black princes first emerge they appear white and gradually they develop their distinctive pigmentation. This is the before and after shots of the same cicada.
Kevin Lee’s Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) photos:
This one is somewhere between a Green Grocer and a Yellow Monday, I think. Check out the “mask” between the eyes: