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These Neotibicen latifasciatus photos came from a ‘cicada hunt’ in the summer of 2016 in Cape May county New Jersey. See more here.
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus on cedar:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus on cedar:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus on cedar:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus:
Neotibicen latifasciatus exuvia:
This is a random set of photos from 2018 of Neotibicen cicadas.
Female N. tibicen tibicen (Swamp/Morning cicada) with eggs. Monmouth county, NJ.
Neotibicen linnei male – Little Silver NJ Aug 11 2018:
Neotibicen tibicen Little Silver New Jersey Aug 17 2018:
Neotibicen tibicen on USA flag. Shrewsbury, NJ:
Neotibicen tibicen with ruptured wing veins. Monmouth County, NJ:
Nightime N. linnei with wound it probably got flying into an illuminated wall. Little Silver, NJ:
Nightime Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Little Silver, NJ:
Nighttime N. tibicen tibicen on wall. Little Silver, NJ:
Prime cicada hunting location. The poor critters are attracted to the light. For better or worse they keep the lights off at this location now. Little Silver, NJ:
Neotibicen canicularis is one of the smaller Neotibicen. It’s better known as a Dog Day Cicada.
These photos come from a cicada hunt for auletes, but I found this canicularis as well.
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.
This row includes Neotibicen pruinosus fulvus — the rare yellow version of Neotibicen pruinosus.
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.
Neotibicen lyricen from Bill Reynolds’ collection.
Top row is Neotibicen lyricen lyricen, and Bottom row is Neotibicen lyricen engelhardi.
