Cicada Mania

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Neotibicen Tibicen

Jim Kost’s Cicada Photo

Here’s a cicada photo from Jim Kost. I like the black stipe on the beak.

Jim Kosts Cicada photo

Neotibicen Tacuini (Cryptotympanini) Tibicen

Superb Neotibicen Photos from Todd Quinn

Post author By Dan
Post date October 21, 2006
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Todd Quinn send us some superb Neoibicen photos. Click the photos below to see huge versions.

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This photo is incredible. Check out the detail on the eyes!

Todd Quinn

Brood XXIII Magicicada

Magicicada Curveball

I bet you thought I was going to post another Tibicen photo! Here’s a Magicicada photo Ryan Anderson took during the 2002 brood XXIII emergence in Kentucky.

Magicicada

Now is a good a time as any to point out the difference between Magicicadas and Tibicens:

Magicicadas:

Emerge in en masse in groups called broods
There are 15 different broods. Broods emerge every 13 or 17 years depending on the brood. No broods emerged in 2006.
Magicicadas have red eyes, black bodies and orange legs and wings
Other names for Magicicadas: periodical cicadas, “locusts”, 17-year cicadas, 13-year cicadas

Tibicens:

Emerge in limited numbers, and not in broods
Emerge every year
Tibicens are typically larger than Magicicadas. Tibicens are usually a combination of green, black, or brown.
Other names for Tibicens: Harvest Flies, annual cicadas, Dog-Day cicadas