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October 6, 2007

Cicada Time in Australia

Filed under: Australia — Dan @ 8:59 am

It’s cicada time in Australia again, so I’m reposting my list of Australian cicada names. Australians are the best in the world at naming animals.

Australia has the best cicada names:

Cyclochila australasiae
- Green Grocer
- Yellow Monday/li>
- Chocolate Soldier
- Blue Moon
- Masked Devil
Macrotristria angularis
- Cherrynose or Whiskey Drinker
Tettigarcta crinita
- Hairy Cicada
Pauropsalta extrema
- Typewriter [picture]
Lembeja paradoxa
- Bagpipe Cicada [picture]
Cystosoma saundersii
- Bladder Cicada
Abricta curvicosta
- Floury Baker
Psaltoda moerens
- Redeye
- Cherryeye
Anapsaltoda pulchra
- Golden Emperor [picture]
Arenopsaltria fullo
- Sandgrinder [picture]
Arunta perulata
- White Drummer
Macrotristria godingi
- Tiger Prince [picture]
Thopha saccata
- Double Drummer [picture]
Psaltoda plaga
- Black Prince [picture close to center of page]
Tamasa tristigma
- Brown Bunyip [Brown Bunyip]

There’s plenty more on the the incredible CSIRO Common Names site.

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New photos from Iván Jesus Torresano García

Filed under: Ivan Garcia | Spain — Dan @ 8:46 am

Two new cicada photos by Iván Jesus Torresano García from Spain:

Cicada

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Magicicadas in the Fall? Experts say it’s possible

Filed under: Magicicada — Dan @ 8:19 am

We received a report of Magicicadas being heard in the fall. Normally Magicicadas appear in the spring of course, but they might be tricked into emerging later if a dormant tree is revived.

My speculation: maybe the warm fall weather has tricked them into thinking it is spring.

I have no visual or audio evidence for you.

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September 23, 2007

Cicada Slowdown

Filed under: Tibicen — Dan @ 5:27 pm

It’s September in the USA. The cicadas are done singing in my state (Jersey), and most of the USA. More fun next year for sure.

Thanks to Jaime for this pic of two cicadas mating:

cicada mating

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September 13, 2007

Spark â„¢ Talking Bug Identifier

Filed under: Identify — Dan @ 9:01 pm

The Discovery Store has a Spark â„¢ Talking Bug Identifier. I have no idea if I identifies cicadas in general (I imagine it does), or individual species of cicadas. Still it’s cool enough to mention.

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September 8, 2007

Many new Cicada Videos from Phoebe

Filed under: Video — Tags: N. pruinosus — Dan @ 8:06 am

Here’s some cicada videos Phoebe found on YouTube:

cicada singing, then crawling:

cicada singing, good side view:

Cicada mystery movement: What are they up to?

And from Japan ã‚»ãƒŸã®ç”Ÿæ…‹: cicadas mating:

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August 29, 2007

Another Tibicen ID Request

Filed under: Tibicen — Dan @ 2:37 pm

This one I can’t figure out, mostly because it’s well dead. Sheri T. took the photo.

The yellow eyes might be due to its postmortem condition, but they do make the specimen interesting.

Mystery Tibicen

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August 25, 2007

ID the Tibicen

Filed under: Megatibicen | Neotibicen | Tibicen — Tags: M. dealbatus, M. dorsatus, N. superbus — Dan @ 10:18 am

Brian Baldwin sent over some cicada photos for an ID. Here’s my guesses (below). If you have a more accurate guess, post it in the Comments.

Megatibicen dorsatus (formerly T. dorsata):

Megatibicen dorsatus by Brian Baldwin

At first I thought T. walkeri, but now I’m leaning towards Brain’s guess of N. superbus. This would be the first superbus with a brown mesonotum that I’ve ever seen.:

Brian Baldwin's Neotibicen superbus

Megatibicen dealbatus (formerly dealbata):

Megatibicen dealbatus by Brian Baldwin

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August 17, 2007

Tibicens

Filed under: Tibicen — Dan @ 5:35 pm

I snagged a couple of Tibicen today.

A colorful Tibicen tibicen (T. chloromerus, T. chloromera):

and a, um… lyricen, maybe (I’ve never seen one quite like this):

They were still moving a little when I took the photos.

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Collecting and Photographing Cicadas

Filed under: News — Dan @ 12:47 pm

Gerry Bunker has published an online guide to Pinning, Labeling and Preserving Your Cicadas. This is excellent information if you plan to start a collection.

Over the years Roy Troutman has supplied Cicada Mania with many excellent macro photos of cicadas. Fans of macro photography will also appreciate these photos by Todd Quinn, and Vic Fazio’s Tibicen dorsatus.

And just for the heck of it, here’s a list of insect ID websites:

Bug Guide, Insect Identification, What’s that Bug.

Normally I can get the ID of a cicada fairly quickly, thanks to folks like Gerry and Paul Krombholz. Aside from Locusts, the insect most people confuse with cicadas is the Sphinx Moth.

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