Category: Photos & Illustrations

Photos & Illustrations of cicadas.

Collecting and Photographing Cicadas

Post author By Dan
Post date August 17, 2007

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.

Cyprus Photos & Illustrations

Cicada from Kyrenia, Cyprus

Post author By Dan
Post date August 10, 2007
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Wendy submitted this photo of a cicada taken this July in Kyrenia, Cyprus (yes, the island nation in the Mediterranean sea). I’m excited any time I can expand the international diversity of cicada photos on this website.

cicada from Cyprus

Brood XIII Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

Jan & Roger’s Brood XIII Magicicada Gallery.

Post author By Dan
Post date July 11, 2007

Here’s our one any only 2007 Brood XIII gallery:

Photos by Jan & Roger. Click for larger versions of the images.

A mix of Magicicada skins and adults from Brood XIII:

Many Adult Magicicada cicadas from Brood XIII:

An Adult Magicicada cicada from Brood XIII:

Many adult Magicicada cicada from Brood XIII:

Adult Magicicadas from Brood XIII:

Magicicada adults from Brood XIII:

Magicicada holes from Brood XIII:

Magicicada skins from Brood XIII:

Molting Magicicada from Brood XIII:

Nymph and adult Magicicada from Brood XIII:

Skins and adults on leaves:

Skins on leaves:

Teneral, recently molted Magicicada:

Brood XIII Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

A couple of nice cicada photos from Joe Balynas

Post author By Dan
Post date June 19, 2007

Click the images for larger versions:

Mating cicadas:

Joe Balynas 2007

A female cicada getting ready to lay some eggs:

Joe Balynas 2007

A Huge mass of cicada exuvia:

A Huge mass of cicada exuvia:

Brood XIII Photos & Illustrations Pop Culture

Clever Cicada Photo Art

Cicada Invasion

Composite photo by Joyce Dinello, La Grange Park, IL. Contact Joyce at joycedinello@sbcglobal.net.

Brood XIII Eye Color Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

Blue Eyed Magicicada from Villa Park IL

Post author By Dan
Post date June 12, 2007
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Paula King’s son found this cicada in Villa Park, IL. In the picture they eyes are white, but Paula observed that the eye color would actually vacillate between blue and white over the course of time. That’s an important observation.

Paula King, Blue Eyed Cicada

Here’s another picture from Paula of a cicada with mustard colored eyes:

Paula King. Yellow eyed cicada.

Brood XIII Eye Color Photos & Illustrations

Blue Eyed Magicicada from Downers Grove, IL

Post author By Dan
Post date June 12, 2007
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This photos of a blue-eyed Magicicada was taken by Maria Wagner in Downers Grove, IL.

Blue Eyed Cicada

Brood XIII Magicicada Mating Photos & Illustrations

Cicadas Mating

A photo of cicadas mating by Christina T.

Cicada Mating

Brood XIII Magicicada Photos & Illustrations

Peek-a-boo cicada

Post author By Dan
Post date June 9, 2007

Magicicadas

Another cicada photo from the Ryerson Woods.

Tags Ryerson

Photos & Illustrations

Cicada And Lantern Fly Display

Post author By Dan
Post date February 4, 2007
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I just received a Cicada And Lanternfly display from My-Bugs.com and I couldn’t be happier with it. The display is gorgeous: wood frame, glass on front and back, and 10 wonderful cicadas and lantern flies within. Worth twice the price. Looks exactly like this:

Cicadas and Lantern Flies

Lantern Flies are closely related to cicadas, are usually more colorful and are called Lantern Flies because of the lantern-like extension of their head.