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Copyright © 2009 Martha Ramirez

cicada emerging series one of three - Neotibicen davisi

Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
August 1, 2008
Size: roughly 2 inches

since they only surface every 17 years I was so pleased to actually witness this little fellow emerging within arms reach last summer.

Images of this individual: tag all

Contributed by Martha Ramirez on 13 June, 2009 - 4:19pm
Last updated 10 July, 2012 - 3:17pm

Moved

Moved from Davis' Southeastern Dog-Day Cicada.

… Bill Reynolds, 10 July, 2012 - 3:17pm

Moved

Moved from Tibicen.

An added note to the contributor, as well as other reading this post... These are not images of one of the periodical cicadas, and as such their life cycle is actually considerably shorter than the "17 years" referenced in the text of this post. (For more specific data on this species' life cycle, please see the Info page for the genus here.)

… Harsi S. Parker, 6 August, 2009 - 5:32pm

T. davisi

Additional review of images and comparisons - T. davisi!

… Bill Reynolds, 6 August, 2009 - 5:19pm

Moved

Moved from Cicadas.

… Harsi S. Parker, 30 July, 2009 - 6:13pm

Tibicen sp. (likely T. davisi)

Nice series of images!

I have collected many nymphs of T. davisi, and although teneral adults are highly variable in color....they all have rather "disprportionately large heads" .. as compared to other Tibicen species. For this reason, I lean towards T. davisi as the likely candidate.

… Bill Reynolds, 21 July, 2009 - 3:17pm

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