Male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen molting. Other names for this cicada include: Morning Cicada, Swamp Cicada and formerly Tibicen chloromera or chloromerus.
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Category: Tacuini (Cryptotympanini)
My Neotibicen photos from 2004.
As I reupload all the images on my website, even the horrible low-rez images will be reuploaded. Why? It’s my website, and I like them.
This photo isn’t so bad. It’s Neotibicen exuvia (skins, shells) surrounding a coin:
This photo is blurry, but there’s a Neotibicen tibicen (formerly Tibicen chloromera) in the shot.
Another blurry photo. This shows a Neotibicen tibicen with wings damaged during the molting process.
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. 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.
Tom Lehmkuhl sent us this photo of an uninvited house guest, a Neotibicen linnei cicada.
Tacua speciosa (Illger, 1980) photos taken in Malaysia. The author of the images wishes to be anonymous.
Neotibicen superbus photo by Sloan Childers from 2005. Round Rock, Texas.
Lyristes plebejus is a cicada found in most of Europe and middle-eastern Asia. There is an ongoing debate over its genus. Some say Lyristes, and some say Tibicen. I don’t have an opinion on the matter, but most folks in Europe say Lyristes plebejus, so I’m leading with that name.
Photo of an adult Lyristes plebejus by Iván Jesus Torresano García:
Photo of a molting Lyristes plebejus by Iván Jesus Torresano García:
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
SubTribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Lyristes or Tibicen
Species: Lyristes plebejus (Scopoli 1763) or Tibicen plebejus (Scopoli 1763)
According to iNaturalist this cicada is around between June and August. Peak in July.
View more photos of this cicada. Most photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García. There’s nearly 100.
For more information about this cicada, visit SONGS OF EUROPEAN SINGING CICADAS.
There are five sub-species of Auritibicen flammatus. They are found in Japan and known as Aka-ezo-zemi.
Auritibicen flammatus adonis photo by Osamu Hikino.
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
SubTribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Auritibicen (formerly Lyristes and Tibicen)
Subspecies:
- Auritibicen flammatus adonis Kato, 1933
- Auritibicen flammatus concolor Kato, 1934
- Auritibicen flammatus flammatus (Distant, 1892)
- Auritibicen flammatus nakamurai Kato, 1940
- Auritibicen flammatus viridiflavus Kato, 1939
For more information about Auritibicen flammatus, visit Cicadae in Japan.
Species name information comes from Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).
Salvazana mirabilis imperialis is a cicada found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
Photo by Michel Chantraine:
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
SubTribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Salvazana
Species: Salvazana mirabilis imperialis Distant, 1918