Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadinae » Tacuini » Dogday Cicadas (Neotibicen) » Dog-day Cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) » Molts, Nymphs, Tenerals & Emergence Series (Neotibicen canicularis Molts, Nymphs, Tenerals & Emergence Series)
Photo#61734
Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - female
Copyright © 2006 Gerry Bunker

Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - Female
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 4, 2006
The cicada hangs precariously up-side-down by its abdomen which is lodged inside the exuvium. It will hang like this for approximately 35 - 45 minutes. The reason it waits so long is due to the fact that it's own legs won't be able to support it's weight. They are still soft, so they will have to harden.

Images of this individual: tag all
Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - female Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - female Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - female Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - female Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - female Tibicen Cicada Molt Part 2 - Head and Ventral Views - Neotibicen canicularis - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Gerry Bunker on 6 July, 2006 - 12:07am
Last updated 10 July, 2012 - 12:52pm

Moved
Moved from Nymphs, Tenerals & Emergence Series.
… Bill Reynolds, 10 July, 2012 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dog-day Cicada.
… Bill Reynolds, 10 July, 2012 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact