Cicada ManiaGenera of cicadas.
Beameria ansercollis Sanborn and M. Heath in Sanborn, M. Heath, Phillips and J. Heath, 2011.
If you’re writing an article about the coming emergence of the 17-year periodical cicadas, please use the correct genus & species of cicadas.
The genus of all 17-year cicadas is Magicicada, and they are never green. The three species of 17-year cicadas are Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada cassini, and Magicicada septendecula. They’re all black with orange wings and legs and red eyes (some exceptions, but they’re never green). The four species of 13-year cicadas are Magicicada neotredecim, Magicicada tredecim, Magicicada tredecassini and Magicicada tredecula (also never green). More information about these species.
An adult Magicicada septendecim by Dan Mozgai/cicadamania.com:
An adult Magicicada septendecim by Dan Mozgai/cicadamania.com:
A newly emerged, teneral, Magicicada septendecim by Dan Mozgai/cicadamania.com:
17-year cicada video:
A singing Magicicada septendecim:
Singing Magicicada septendecim from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
A Magicicada septendecim laying eggs:
A Magicicada septendecim up close (deceased):
Magicicada on a tree (mostly Magicicada cassini):
For the sake of cicada correctness, feel free to use them in your article. Just credit cicadamania.com.
If you are looking to license Magicicada images or HD Video, Roy Troutman has plenty of both. Reach out to him if interested. His images and video are tagged throughout the site.
Hundreds of shed cicada skins (exuvia) by Troutman:
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If the cicada you use in your article is green, it isn’t a 17-year cicada. I repeat: if the cicada is green it is not a 17-year cicada.
The cicada at the top of the Wikipedia page for cicadas is not a 17-year cicada, it’s an annual cicada called Neotibicen linnei:
(photo credit for this Neotibicen linnei).
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Platypedia affinis Davis, 1939.
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Platypediini
Subtribe: ?
Genera: Platypedia
Species: Platypedia affinis Davis, 1939
Okanagana sugdeni Davis, 1938.
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana sugdeni Davis, 1938
Tibicinoides minuta (Davis, 1915)
A. Male uncus not hooked at the extremity, sometimes sinuate.
BB. Stouter bodied species, the fore and hind wings variegated with orange and black at the base.
CC. Marginal cells short; the third one in the fore wings about one-half as long as the second ulnar area adjoining and immediately behind it.
H. Both pairs of wings clear except near base.
Head including eyes about 4 mm. broad. Expands about 35 mm.
Similar cicada: Tibicinoides mercedita (Davis, 1915).
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Tibicinoides
Species: Tibicinoides minuta (Davis, 1915)
Tibicinoides mercedita (Davis, 1915)
A. Male uncus not hooked at the extremity, sometimes sinuate.
BB. Stouter bodied species, the fore and hind wings variegated with orange and black at the base.
CC. Marginal cells short; the third one in the fore wings about one-half as long as the second ulnar area adjoining and immediately behind it.
H. Both pairs of wings clear except near base.
Head including eyes about 5 mm. broad. Expands about 40 mm.
Similar cicada: Tibicinoides minuta (Davis, 1915).
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Tibicinoides
Species: Tibicinoides mercedita (Davis, 1915)
Tibicinoides cupreosparsa (Uhler, 1889)
A. Male uncus not hooked at the extremity, sometimes sinuate.
BB. Stouter bodied species, the fore and hind wings variegated with orange and black at the base.
CC. Marginal cells short; the third one in the fore wings about one-half as long as the second ulnar area adjoining and immediately behind it.
HH. Both pairs of wings clouded, particularly the basal half of the front pair.
Head including eyes about 4.5 mm. broad, membranes at the base of both pairs of wings vermilion; tergum black. Expands about 34 mm.
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Tibicinoides
Species: Tibicinoides cupreosparsa (Uhler, 1889)
