Dedicated to cicadas, the most amazing insects in the world.
Over the years Roy Troutman has contributed hundreds of photos and dozens of videos to this website.
These are some classic Magicicada photos from Roy. Skip to part 1 and part 2.
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Over the years Roy Troutman has contributed hundreds of photos and dozens of videos to this website.
These are some classic Magicicada photos from Roy. This is part 2, skip to part 1 or Part 3.
Molted cicada:
Nymph:
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Molting cicada:
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Cicada skins (exuvia):
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Nymph:
Cicada chimney:
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Over the years Roy Troutman has contributed hundreds of photos and dozens of videos to this website.
These are some classic Magicicada photos from Roy. Skip to Part 2 and Part 3.
Adult Magicicada:
Molted Magicicada:
Molting and Molted cicadas.
Nymphs on a tree.
Adult and skin:
A series of photos of a cicada molting:
Adult cicada:
These are “Green Neotibicen” from Bill Reynolds’ collection. The “Green Neotibicen” include the very visually similar N. linnei, N. pruinosus, N. winnemanna and N.canicularis.
These cicadas are Neotibicen davisi:
These cicadas are Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus:
These are Neotibicen pruinosus fulvus (photo by Bill Reynolds):
These are “Green Neotibicen” from Bill Reynolds’ collection. The “Green Neotibicen” include the very visually similar N. linnei, N. pruinosus, N. winnemanna and N.canicularis.
Left to Right: Neotibicen superbus, Megatibicen dorsatus, Megatibicen dorsatus, Megatibicen resh from the collection of Bill Reynolds.
Megatibicen auletes from Bill Reynolds’ collection. A lot of cicadas! People send Bill cicadas from all over the U.S., because he’s a renowned cicada expert, and his collection grows and grows. Lucky guy.
* Note as of 2023 the name of this cicada has changed to Megatibicen grossus. You can also call it a Northern Dusk-Signing Cicada.
Megatibicen dealbatus from Bill Reynolds’ collection.
Megatibicen dorsatus from Bill Reynolds’ collection.
Neotibicen lyricen from Bill Reynolds’ collection.
Top row is Neotibicen lyricen lyricen, and Bottom row is Neotibicen lyricen engelhardi.
