Photos & Illustrations of cicadas.

July 23, 2023

Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen – July 23rd, part 1

Enjoy the Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen gallery for July 23rd, part 1.

A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

Two recently molted Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Male in the foreground, Female in the background.

A fully sclerotized female Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

A recently molted male Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. I don’t know how it got around that spruce sap!

A molting Neotibicen tibicen tibicen

A molting Female Neotibicen tibicen tibicen:

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.

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July 22, 2023

Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen – July 22nd

Filed under: Neotibicen | Photos & Illustrations | Teneral — Tags: N. tibicen tibicen — Dan @ 7:44 pm

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:

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July 16, 2023

Summer of Neotibicen tibicen tibicen – July 16th

Filed under: Neotibicen | Photos & Illustrations | Teneral — Tags: N. tibicen tibicen — Dan @ 7:09 pm

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:

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April 4, 2020

Photos of teneral Megatibicen dorsatus by Greg Holmes

Megatibicen dorsatus is arguably the most beautiful cicada in the United States. Even it its teneral (meaning soft) form right after molting, in is visually impressive.

These three photos were taken by Greg Holmes of a Megatibicen dorsatus in its post-molting, teneral state.

M. dorsatus; teneral; copyright Greg Holmes

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March 29, 2020

Core Arboretum – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood V | Eggs | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 11:02 am

This is a gallery of Magicicadas taken at West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

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Visit Gallery #2 from more photos From the Core Arboretum, Morgantown, and Brood V.

Magicicada cassini next to camera lens:

Magicicada cassini eggs:

Magicicada adult hanging on leaf:

Female with exposed ovipositor:

Cicada Exit Holes:

Female Magicicada septendecula abdomen:

Female Magicicada septendecula:

Female Magicicada with exposed ovipositor:

Cicada Exit Holes:

Beige eyed Magicicada:

A palmful of exuvia:

Visit Gallery #2 from more photos From the Core Arboretum, Morgantown, and Brood V.

Cicadas on leaves & trees – Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 10:51 am

This is a gallery of Magicicadas on leaves & trees from West Virginia University’s Core Arboretum from the 2013 Brood V emergence.

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Magicicada head:

Magicicada exuvia on an oak leaf:

Magicicada dorsal view:

Magicicada cassini in Morgantown VA:

Magicicada adult:

Magicicada adults:

Cicada Peekaboo:

Aggregation of cassini adults on tree trunk:

Brood V Magicicada from Morgantown, WV (2016)

Filed under: Brood V | Magicicada | Mating | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 10:27 am

These are photos of Magicicada from the Brood V emergence in Morgantown, WV in 2016.

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Magicicada cassini on WVU campus

Magicicada exuvia hanging from leaves

Brood V Magicicada nymph

Brood V Magicicada nymph

Brood V Magicicada adult

Brood V Magicicada mating

Brood V Magicicada molting

Magicicada with mustard eyes

Molting & Molted cicadas – Brood II Magicicada from Metuchen, New Jersey (2013)

Filed under: Brood II | Magicicada | Molting | Photos & Illustrations — Dan @ 10:14 am

This is a series of molting and recently molted teneral (soft) cicadas from the 2013 Brood II Magicicada emergence in Metuchen, NJ.

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A teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen, NJ

A tisket, a tasket, cicadas on a basket
A tisket a tasket cicadas on a basket

Molting Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Ecdysis Magicicada Metuchen NJ

Magicicada emergence in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada Emergence Metuchen NJ

Magicicada exuvia Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada Exuvia Metuchen NJ

Magicicada nymph and teneral adult on an owl

Magicicada molting in Metuchen, NJ
Magicicada undergoing ecdysis Metuchen NJ

Magicicadas in various stages in Metuchen, NJ

Nymph crawling on Magicicada molting in Metuchen, NJ
Nymph crawling on Magicicada undergoing ecdysis in Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicada cassini in Metuchen, NJ

Teneral Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Magicicada Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicada septendecim in Metuchen NJ

Teneral Magicicadas on a spruce tree
Teneral Magicicadas on a pine tree

Teneral male Magicicada in Metuchen, NJ
Teneral Male Magicicada Metuchen NJ

Two male Magicicada cicadas

Two teneral male Magicicadas Metuchen, NJ

White teneral Magicicada in Metuchen yes they are white when they emerge

Other galleries in this series:

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Dead Specimens – Brood II Magicicada from Middlesex County, New Jersey (2013)

Filed under: Brood II | Magicicada | Massospora | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: M. septendecim, M. septendecula — Dan @ 10:03 am

Photos of dead specimens from the Brood II Magicicada emergence in Middlesex County, NJ, in 2013.

Brood II Magicada collection from 2013:

Comparison of Male and Female Magicicada genitalia:

Magicicada septendecula female abdomen:

Magicicada septendecim hind wing:

Male Magicicada septendecim infected with Massospora cicadina fungus:

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Live Specimens – Brood II Magicicada from Middlesex County, New Jersey (2013)

Filed under: Brood II | Magicicada | Photos & Illustrations — Tags: M. septendecim, M. septendecula — Dan @ 9:54 am

These are photos of live cicada specimens from the 2013 Brood II emergence in Middlesex County, NJ.

Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ:

Male Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ. Abdomen.

Male Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ:

Male Magicicada Metuchen NJ:

Female Magicicada septendecim Metuchen NJ:

Male M. septendecim Metuchen NJ:
Male M_ septendecim Metuchen NJ

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