This series features a molting Lyristes plebejus or Tibicen plebejus depending on who you ask.
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Genera of cicadas.
March 21, 2020
Lyristes plebejus photos by Iván Jesús Torresano García, part 1
This series features a molting Lyristes plebejus or Tibicen plebejus depending on who you ask.
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Lyristes plebejus photos by Iván Jesús Torresano García, part 4
Lyristes plebejus photos by Iván Jesús Torresano García, part 5
This series features a Lyristes plebejus or Tibicen plebejus depending on who you ask.
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Lyristes plebejus photos by Iván Jesús Torresano García, part 3
Lyristes plebejus photos by Iván Jesús Torresano García. Spain.
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Brood XXI Map
Periodical cicada Brood XXI is extinct. It was a small brood of Magicicada with a 13-year lifecycle. It was last seen/heard in 1870. Visit Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org) for more information.
Map from Marlatt, C.L.. 1907. The periodical cicada. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology:
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Swamp and Lyric Cicada Compared
These photos compare female Swamp (Neotibicen tibicen tibicen) and Lyric (Neotibicen lyricen lyricen) cicadas. Photos by me (Dan Mozgai).
Ventral view. Females. Neotibicen tibicen tibicen top, Neotibicen lyricen lyricen bottom:
Dorsal view. Females. Neotibicen tibicen tibicen top, Neotibicen lyricen lyricen bottom:
Female Neotibicen lyricen lyricen:
Female Neotibicen tibicen tibicen:
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Neotibicen tibicen tibicen from Raleigh, NC
A Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Swamp/Morning Cicada) from Raleigh, NC. Caught by Bill Reynolds. Caught by me (Dan Mozgai).
The next two photos compare the Swamp cicada from Raleigh with another from my collection (from New Jersey) with darker coloring.
Two Swamp Cicadas – dorsal view. Notice the variation in coloring.
Two Swamp Cicadas – ventral view. Note the difference in the shape of the tymbal cover. The one from Raleigh has the pointed tymbal cover.
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Neotibicen winnemanna from Garner, NC
A Neotibicen winnemanna (Eastern Scissor(s) Grinder) from Garner, NC. Photos by me (Dan Mozgai). Caught by Bill Reynolds.
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Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti from Raleigh, NC
Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti (Dark Lyric Cicada) from Raleigh, NC. 2015. Photos by me (Dan Mozgai). Caught by Bill Reynolds.
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