Joe Green’s Neocicada hieroglyphica photos from 2007, Florida, part 1:
March 1, 2020
Okanagana rimosa exuvia photos by Elias Bonaros
Okanagana rimosa exuvia (skins, shells) photos by Elias Bonaros. From 2010, I believe.
Note the dark lines on the abdomen — that’s an easy way to distinguish Okanagana exuvia from other types of cicadas.
Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) photos by Jodi
Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) photos by Jodi from 2007. Australia.
Text for the photos from back in 2007: “Thanks to Jodi for allowing us to post some of her Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) photos. Two today, two tomorrow! Apparently they’re hatching in droves in Central Australia.”
A molting Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata):
Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata):
Teneral, recently molted Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata):
Teneral, recently molted Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata):
My Neotibicen photos from 2004
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.
February 29, 2020
Adult female cicada, Genus Dundubia, showing Tympanal cover
Adult female cicada, Genus Dundubia, showing Tympanal cover. Photo and text by Santisuk Vibul.
Adult female cicadas have perceptive organ ie. Tympana or Ear drums which are mirror-like membranes. The tympana of adult female cicadas are much more smaller than that of the males because they are less developed. The tympana of the female cicadas (shown on the above photo) function as a perceptive organ to percept the calls of the male cicadas from the distance and also function as a shield to protect their tympana like the opercula of the male cicadas.
Squashed Megatibicen auletes
Squashed Megatibicen auletes. Not sure who stepped on it. It’s an interesting look at its anatomy.
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.
Neotibicen linnei photo by Tom Lehmkuhl
Tom Lehmkuhl sent us this photo of an uninvited house guest, a Neotibicen linnei cicada.
Yellow Monday by Tom Katzoulopolopoulous
Yellow Monday (Cyclochila australasiae) photos by Tom Katzoulopolopoulous.
Mating Sulphogaeana sulphurea (Westwood, 1839)
Sulphogaeana sulphurea (Westwood, 1839). Photo by Jeff Blincow, Taken in Bhutan.
These cicadas are mating. Sulphogaeana sulphurea was previously known as Gaeana sulphurea.
