Category: Locations

Locations where cicadas can be found, including countries and continents.

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Kathy Hill Megatibicen Neotibicen Tibicen U.S.A.

Auletes (no Megatibicen grossus) IS the biggest USA cicada!

Cicada researcher Kathy Hill took this unbelievable photo of 18 different USA Neotibicen & Megatibicen specimens, plus a Quesada gigas (upper right) for comparison.

Kathy Hill. Auletes is the biggest Tibicen

Click/tap the image for a much larger version. Contact Insect Singers for more information about the image.

I just took a photo of all the “eastern USA” Tibicens except
latifasciata, which we haven’t got yet (I didn’t include the “little
western” Tibicens like T. texana that are more centrally located
either). But I did also add T. duryi from the west coast and Q.
gigas, just for comparison.

I just wanted to prove that auletes IS the biggest USA cicada 🙂

Note that the these cicadas were reorganized into two new genera: Megatibicen (larger USA Tibicen) and Neotibicen (smaller USA Tibicen) since this original announcement in 2006.

* Note as of 2023 the name of this cicada has changed to Megatibicen grossus. You can also call it a Northern Dusk-Signing Cicada. Cicada names change a lot.

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China

Cicada knocks man off bike

From an article on the CHINAdaily news site: Cicada knocks man off bike.

Wang was riding a bicycle when he spotted two boys catching cicadas. He rang his bell, warning the boys to stay away, which scared the boys as well as a cicada on the tree. The frightened cicada flew toward Wang at high speed and knocked him off his bicycle. Physical check-ups in a hospital indicated that Wang had bruises all over his body and had three broken ribs because of the fall

Thanks to Roy Troutman for passing along the article.

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Santisuk Vibul Thailand

ID this Thailand Cicada!

Can you ID this cicada from Bangkok, Thailand? Santisuk Vibul (the photographer) and I would be greatly pleased it your could.

Update: Here’s the ventral view, David:

Cicada, Cicada. Santisuk Vibul. Thailand. 2006.

Update: More Photos! NEW! Santisuk Vibul’ s Cicada Photos from Bangkok, Thailand.

Thailand Cicada

Some more info:

  • Cicada in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • An annual adult male cicada of unspecified genus and species.
  • Photo taken: April 15, 2006 by Santisuk Vibul, Bangkok, Thailand. (While it was alive)
  • Characteristics: The cicada is brown in color with red eyes and brown wing veins. The total body length is 5 cm including wings. The body only is 3.5 cm and the body width is 1.5 cm.
  • Please notice about a white band on the tail part of the body, it appears in both males and females.
  • The calling songs of the cicada more or less resemble that of T. auletes.
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Japan

Japanese Cicada Website

Here’s an excellent cicada website from Japan. This site features four gallerys of cicada photos, and a distribution map of Japanese cicadas. Thanks to Nanami Higashino for creating such a fine website.

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Thailand

Thailand’s Amazing Insects

If you’re interested in cicadas and insects in general from Thailand, check out John Moore’s Thailand’s Amazing Insects.

Thanks to Michel Chantraine for the link.

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Australia

Cicada Time in Australia

Somebody kick me if I’m wrong, but, I’m pretty sure it’s now the start of cicada season in Australia.

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Neotibicen Photos & Illustrations Tacuini (Cryptotympanini) Tibicen U.S.A.

Nine new Neotibicen tibicen photos

These are photos from 2005. Neotibicen tibicen tibicen aka Swamp or Morning Cicada. Back in 2005 we called them Tibicen chloromera.

Neotibicen tibicen tibicen that failed to successfully molt:
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen that failed to molt

Neotibicen tibicen tibicen spreading its wings (click for larger image):
Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

A series of photos of a Neotibicen tibicen tibicen molting:
Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

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Australia

Amusing Australian cicada names

Got to love those Australian cicada names: Green Grocer, Black Prince, Yellow Monday, Chocolate Soldier, Masked Devil, Blue Moon, Double Drummer, Floury Baker, Cherrynose, Whiskey Drinker, Redeye, Bladder Cicada, Hairy Cicada, Golden Emperor, Eastern Sandgrinder, Brown Bunyip…

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Australia

Welcome Australian cicada maniacs!

Welcome Australian cicada maniacs! David from Sydney let us know: “The cicada season around Sydney, Australia has started with the emergence of “green grocers” (Cyclochila australasiae) in the lower Blue Mountains. Grass cicadas have been out for a month. Get ready Antipodeans!!”. Thanks, David. Enjoy the Green Grocer/Yellow Monday links below (thanks to Laura for the inspiration):

Cicadas: Superfamily Cicadoidea.

Summer of singing cicadas.

Australian Cicadas are not marsupials!
Crikey!