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Genera of cicadas.
This is a gallery of Roy Troutman’s cicada photos from 1990 & 1991. Most likely from the Cincinnati area of Ohio.
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1990 Magicicada Straggler
1991 Mating Magicicadas
1991 Nymph molting
1991 Nymph molting
1991 Cicadas mating
1991 Cicada shell
1991 Cicada drying
This is a gallery of Roy Troutman’s cicada photos from 1991. Most likely from the Cincinnati area of Ohio.
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Cicada on a Buckeye leaf:
Magicicada nymph molting:
Magicicada nymph molting silhouette with moon.
Magicicada nymph molting:
Adult Magicicada on a leaf:
Female Laying Eggs:
Over the years Roy Troutman has contributed hundreds of photos and dozens of videos to this website.
These are some classic Magicicada photos from Roy. Skip to part 1 and part 2.
Molted cicadas:
Molted cicada:
Molted cicadas:
Adult cicadas:
Molted cicada:
Molted cicada:
Molted cicada:
Molted cicada:
Molted cicada:
Adult cicadas:
Molted cicada:
Adult cicadas:
Adult cicada:
Molting cicada:
Adult cicadas:
Over the years Roy Troutman has contributed hundreds of photos and dozens of videos to this website.
These are some classic Magicicada photos from Roy. This is part 2, skip to part 1 or Part 3.
Molted cicada:
Nymph:
Molted cicadas:
Molting cicada:
Molted cicadas:
Molted cicadas:
Cicada skins (exuvia):
Molted cicadas:
Molting cicada:
Nymph:
Cicada chimney:
Cicada chimney:
Cicada chimney:
Molted cicadas:
Over the years Roy Troutman has contributed hundreds of photos and dozens of videos to this website.
These are some classic Magicicada photos from Roy. Skip to Part 2 and Part 3.
Adult Magicicada:
Molted Magicicada:
Molting and Molted cicadas.
Nymphs on a tree.
Adult and skin:
A series of photos of a cicada molting:
Adult cicada:
These are “Green Neotibicen” from Bill Reynolds’ collection. The “Green Neotibicen” include the very visually similar N. linnei, N. pruinosus, N. winnemanna and N.canicularis.
These cicadas are Neotibicen davisi:
These cicadas are Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus:
These are Neotibicen pruinosus fulvus (photo by Bill Reynolds):
These are “Green Neotibicen” from Bill Reynolds’ collection. The “Green Neotibicen” include the very visually similar N. linnei, N. pruinosus, N. winnemanna and N.canicularis.
Left to Right: Neotibicen superbus, Megatibicen dorsatus, Megatibicen dorsatus, Megatibicen resh from the collection of Bill Reynolds.
Megatibicen auletes from Bill Reynolds’ collection. A lot of cicadas! People send Bill cicadas from all over the U.S., because he’s a renowned cicada expert, and his collection grows and grows. Lucky guy.
* 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 dealbatus from Bill Reynolds’ collection.
