A focus stacked macro photo of a green, white, and black cicada from the front. The cicada's legs are green the bottom side of its face is white, the top part has a line of mottled black and green and then a thicker band of black. Three red ocelli, primitive eyes are in the center of its face in an inverted triangular pattern. It's large, glossy, green eyes mottled with black, are on the sides of the face. The pronotum, the area just behind the head, is green with some black in the middle and is covered in fine golden hair-like scales.

I stepped out to watch the evening sky, which was spectacular, and I will share that with y'all tomorrow. The city noise seems louder now that the academic year is back in full swing. However the #Cicadas are louder 😁

This handsome chonk is in genus #Neotibicen.

#MacroPhotography

Summer isn’t official without cicada song. I watched Aiden the cicada split his nymph shell on the porch rail, then snapped him again a few hours later as a fresh green adult. 2–5 yrs underground, only weeks to fly and sing.
#cicada #neotibicen #macrophoto #insectwatch #naturephoto #tinywildlife

A focus stacked macro photograph of a black, white, green and brown cicada on a wooden table taken from the low front. The cicada has brown legs with some green on them, the underside of the cicada is white, the face is white on the bottom, and black with deep green spots. The large shiny eyes are black with a hint of green. The pronotal area behind the head is black with mint green markings, a black pronotal collar, then a complex pronotum which has black arch-like shapes, with green, black and some yellow. The wings are mostly clear with green veins towards the base, and black towards the tips.

A photo of the cicada's undersides as I hold it gently. The underside is white with a black stripe on the abdomen.

A photo of the cicada next to a ruler showing that it is right at about 2 inches (5ish CM) long.

A photo of the top side of the cicada as it rests on concrete. The complex shapes of the pronotum are more visible here. The area behind the head is mint green with black around the eyes. The pronotal collar is black, the pronotum has 2 black "arches bordered in yellow in the center, mint green behind them, and deep brown on the sides. The abdomen is black and shiny from this angle.

I have more #cicada content for you today. I am mostly certain this is the Lyric Cicada, #Neotibicen lyricen. The first photo is a #FocusStack

#Fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#Photography
#invertebrate
#insect

Megatibicen grossa, Neotibicen lyricen, and Neotibicen davisi on my hand

Megatibicen grossa, Neotibicen lyricen, and Neotibicen davisi on my hand

Small, medium, and large! #Neotibicen #Megatibicen #Cicadas #InverteFest2024 #Inverts #Insects #Hemiptera #Cute #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Typo. Meant #Neotibicen

I'm the only person on Bluesky who's used #Neotibicen.

SHAME

Megatibicen grossa hugging a Neotibicen tibicen in my hand

From June 2024: Forcing two cicadas to get all snuggly together :3 #Megatibicen #Neotibicen #MegatibicenGrossa #NeotibicenTibicen #Cicadas #InverteFest2024 #Insects #Cute #ElFattoFarto #Hugs #USfauna #MSfauna

#Megatibicen #MegatibicenGrossa #Neotibicen #NeotibicenTibicen #NeotibicenDavisi #Hemiptera #Insects #Inverts #USfauna #NorthAmerica #BugOnFinger

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