Megatibicen dealbatus from Bill Reynolds’ collection.
March 24, 2020
March 19, 2020
White-eyed cicada found by Nathan Voss of Spring Hill, TN
White-eyed cicada found by Nathan Voss of Spring Hill, TN. Brood XIX. 2011.
White-eyed Magicicada found by Jack Willey of Nashville, TN
White-eyed Magicicada found by Jack Willey of Nashville, TV. 2011. Brood XIX.
March 18, 2020
Megatibicen resh gallery
Megatibicen resh, aka the Resh Cicada. Photos are from the summer of 2018, Dallas, Texas. Photos by me (Dan Mozgai). Read about Megatibicen resh aka the Resh Cicada.
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Megatibicen resh adult:
Megatibicen resh adult:
Megatibicen resh nymph:
Megatibicen resh nymph:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Molting female Megatibicen resh:
Megatibicen resh, Megatibicen auletes and Neotibicen tibicen exuvia (skins, shells, molts) compared
March 15, 2020
Various Megatibicen and Neotibicen compared
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 grossus (formerly Megatibicen grossus, 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)
Bill Lesar’s 2005 Megatibicen dorsatus Gallery
Bill Lesar’s 2005 Megatibicen dorsatus Gallery. The genus of this cicada changed from Tibicen to Neotibicen, and not it is Megatibicen (circa 2020).
February 29, 2020
Squashed Megatibicen auletes
Squashed Megatibicen auletes. Not sure who stepped on it. It’s an interesting look at its anatomy.
* Note as of 2023 the name of this cicada has changed to Megatibicen grossus. You can also call it a Northern Dusk-Signing Cicada.
Megatibicen auletes found in Winston-Salem, NC by Erin Dickinson
Megatibicen auletes found in Winston-Salem, NC by Erin Dickinson. The year was 2011. The cicada’s name was Mortimer. No kidding.
* Note as of 2023 the name of this cicada has changed to Megatibicen grossus. You can also call it a Northern Dusk-Signing Cicada.
Megatibicen resonans photos by Joe Green
Neotibicen resonans photos by Joe Green from 2007, taken in Florida.
