Category: Anatomy

Enjoy the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 30th, part 2.

Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Neotibicen emergence hole. It was a very rainy, mudding year in New Jersey!

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Enjoy the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 30th, part 1.

A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

A recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada:

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Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Peewee the Chihuahua for scale.

Teneral Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicada spreading its wings:

A Neotibicen tibicen tibicen getting ready to lean forward, grab its old skin and pull out the rest of its body.

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This is the July 24th edition of the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (aka Morning or Swamp Cicada) photo series.
Take a look at July 16th edition.

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Note the blue on the wings and green eyes.

Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Note the green eyes and blue on the pronotum!

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This is the July 22nd edition of the summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen photo series.
Take a look at July 16th edition.

Trivia: an older name of this cicada was Tibicen chloromera. Chloromera means green thighs.

Note the green thighs of these molting (formerly known as) chloromera:

SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.

In my town, Neotibicen tibicen tibicen cicadas, commonly know as Morning Cicadas (because they sing in the morning) or Swamp Cicadas (not a good name because they live in a variety of habitats), are the dominant annual cicada species. Each summer they emerge in good numbers and molt on spruce trees, where I observe and photograph them. Each year is different, but usually they arrive the first week of July and continue to emerge until the second or third week of August.

This post will be one of many featuring night and some daytime photo, with one or two posts devoted to a single day.

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Note the blue color of the wings and green eyes:

One of the more interesting aspects of their transformation is when their head separates from the rest of the body so it can widen, and then is pulled back onto the rest of the body.

A different Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Note the blue color of the wings, green eyes and green legs:

SoNtt Calendar: July 16th, July 22nd, July 23rd part 1, July 23rd part 2, July 24th, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, July 30th part 1, July 30th part 2, August 1st, August 4th, August 9th, August 11th, August 13th.