These are photos of a Magicicada septendecim with yellow-white eyes, which is rare, but you can usually find one or two if you spend enough time looking for them. The photos were taken during the 2013 Brood II emergence in Metuchen, NJ.
Category: Anatomy
Brood II Magicicada from Edison, New Jersey (2013).
A mess of Magicicada exuvia and corpses at the foot of a tree in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
David Rothenberg, John Cooley, Asher Jay and others looking for cicadas in Roosevelt Park:
Magicicada septendecim laying eggs _ovipositing_ in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Magicicada septendecim laying eggs ovipositing in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Magicicada septendecim with Massospora fungus found at the Edison Memorial Tower Park in Edison NJ:
Many Magicicada emergence holes in Edison Memorial Tower park in Edison NJ:
Mating Magicicada in Roosevelt Park in Edison NJ:
Mating Magicicada in Roosevelt Park NJ:
Mirror Image – Edison Memorial Tower Park:
I found another set of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen from August 28th, 2016. Enjoy.
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Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen less than 12 hours after molting
Teneral Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
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Teneral Neotibicen tibicen tibicen
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:
Photos of Brood V Magicicada in West Virginia by Matt Berger (Instagram), including many examples of Magicicadas with a variety of eye colors (the typical color is red).
Brood V emerged in West Virginia (and Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Long Island, NY) in 2016. It will next emerge in 2033.
These photos are BIG. Click/tap the thumbnail for larger versions.
A Variety of Eye Colors:
Teneral Periodical Cicada:
Teneral Cicada Up Close:
Teneral Cicada Up Close:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Gray Eyed Cicada by Matt Berger:
Gray Eyed Cicada by Matt Berger:
Cicada that sclerotized before it got out of its skin:
Cicada Fungus Infection by Matt Berger:
Matt has contributed photos to cicadamania.com for many years. In 2016 he was a post-grad student at West Virginia University. The lab he was part of produced this paper:
Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens
Greg R. Boyce, Emile Gluck-Thaler, Jason C. Slot, Jason E. Stajich, William J. Davis, Tim Y. James, John R. Cooley, Daniel G. Panaccione, Jorgen Eilenberg, Henrik H. De Fine Licht, Angie M. Macias, Matthew C. Berger, Kristen L. Wickert, Cameron M. Stauder, Ellie J. Spahr, Matthew D. Maust, Amy M. Metheny, Chris Simon, Gene Kritsky, Kathie T. Hodge, Richard A. Humber, Terry Gullion, Dylan P. G. Short, Teiya Kijimoto, Dan Mozgai, Nidia Arguedas, Matt T. Kasson
bioRxiv 375105; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/375105
Brood XIV (14) Magicicada emerged in the greater Cincinnati area in 2008. Roy Troutman took many photos, and I’ll feature them in a series of galleries.
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Molting Magicicada:
Magicicada nymph:
Filming Magicicada:
Magicicada with unusual eye colors:
Filming Magicicada:
Magicicada with unusual eye colors:
Gene Kritsky:
Gene’s Cicada Thermometer:
Molting Magicicada:
Adult Magicicada:
Brood XIV (14) Magicicada emerged in the greater Cincinnati area in 2008. Roy Troutman took many photos, and I’ll feature them in a series of galleries.
Skip to Part 2, Part 3 or Part 4.
Roy’s Cicada Mania web cam!!
Molting Cicadas on a Tree:
Magicicada with white eyes:
Molting Magicicada:
Magicicada with white eyes:
Molting magicicada:
Molting magicicada:
Molting magicicada:
Magicicada with Massospora infection:
Cicada researcher Gene Kritsky:
Samuel Orr filing in Roy’s parent’s backyard:
Roy Troutman has been a cicada fan since he was a kid. Here’s some of his cicada photos from the 1980s:
1980: Neotibicen nymph.
1981. Tibicen exuvia (skins).
1982. Roy and a Neotibicen.
1983. Immature Magicicadas.
1983. Immature Magicicada.
White-eyed cicada found by Chris Lowry in Nashville, TN. Brood XIX. 2011.
White-eyed cicada found by Nathan Voss of Spring Hill, TN. Brood XIX. 2011.
