Elias went digging for Magicicada nymphs on 3/21. Here’s a gallery of the nymphs he found.
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Terengganua sibylla
Update: the name of this cicada is actually Trengganua sibylla (confirming after consulting Allen Sanborn’s giant cicada book. You’ll find people also refer to this cicada as Tosena sybilla.
A pair of Terengganua sibylla mating.
This website has a audio file of the Terengganua sibylla signing.
Elias was kind enough to send us Neotibicen tibicen photos he took in 2009.
Click the images for larger versions:
Female teneral Neotibicen tibicen by Elias Bonaros:
Molting Neotibicen tibicen by Elias Bonaros:
Neotibicen tibicen by Elias Bonaros:
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Cicada Mania updates
New gallery: Australian cicadas found by Lisa Morgan’s kids in the Wet Tropics rainforest located in Far North Queensland, Australia. Features a Brown Bunyip and a Psaltoda.
New gallery: False cicada chimneys. Bangkok, Thailand.
And new audio/video from Joe Green:
Joe Green’s D. olympusa videos.
Joe Green’s N. hieroglyphica videos.
Joe Green recently provided Cicada Mania with videos of various cicadas calling.
Here’s a selection of Megatibicen resonans (formerly Tibicen resonans) calls, including alarm calls:
T. resonans alarm call by Joe Green.
T. resonans alarm call by Joe Green.
T. resonans alarm by Joe Green.
T. resonans calling by Joe Green.
T. resonans calling by Joe Green.
T. resonans calling in Desoto Co. by Joe Green.
Joe’s Tibicen resonans were recorded in Florida. Here are photos of a M. resonans also by Joe.
This whimsical display of dismembered and “reassembled” cicadas enjoying a Mongolian Hot Pot dinner can be yours! It’s for sale on ebay!
Awesome!
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Diceroprocta alarm call
D. olympusa alarm call by Joe Green
D. olympusa alarm call by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
D. olympusa cicada alarm call by Joe Green
D. olympusa cicada alarm call by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Joe Green sent me a couple of CDs worth of North American cicadas calling and has graciously allowed us to use them for the site. The highlight of these videos is that they feature cicada calls.
I have to add descriptions, and about 50 more videos, but for now check out what’s uploaded so far.
Here’s a sample:
Neocicada hieroglyphica singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Diceroprocta olympusa aka the Scrub Cicada can be found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Diceroprocta viridifascia aka the Salt Marsh Cicada can be found in AL, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Song type: Call
Source: ©Insect Singers | Species: D. viridifascia
Song type: Call
Source: ©Joe Green | Species: D. viridifascia
These videos feature the call of the D. viridifascia.
Name, Location and Description
- Cicada Name: Diceroprocta viridifascia (Walker, 1850)
- Short Name: D. viridifascia
- Common Name: Salt Marsh Cicada
- Where it is found: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, VA
- Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
- Description: Black with brown and yellow highlights, and white pruinose.
- Eye Color: gray
- Pronotal Collar Color: yellow
- Identification: Bug Guide
- Identification: iNaturalist
- Type Specimen Details: The American Museum of Natural Species
- Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Song: http://www.insectsingers.com/100th_meridian_cicadas/index.html
Classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
Subtribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Diceroprocta
Species: Diceroprocta viridifascia (Walker, 1850)
List of sources
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.
Notes:
- Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.