Unidentified Cicadidae: Taxonomy | Photographs
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Note: For photos of identified species, see the section on the site for family: Cicadidae.
Unidentified Cicadidae - This cicada larva just emerged from underground and is climbing a wall in preparation for its transformation into adulthood (next photo).
Unidentified Cicadidae - This is the same cicada as in the above photo and is in the process of emerging from its larval exoskeleton.
Unidentified Cicadidae - This adult cicada recently shed its molt and is waiting for its wings to stiffen so that it can fly.
Unidentified Cicadidae - This is the larval exoskelton left behind by an adult cicada after it reached adulthood.
Unidentified Cicadidae - This cicada had emerged from its larval exoskeleton shortly before this photograph was taken. Unfortunately, a flash was not available at the time, so a car's headlights were used for lighting. To somewhat normalize the distorted yellow colorization of the actual photograph, the yellow color saturation was reduced after scanning in the photo.
Unidentified Cicadidae - This is the same cicada as in the above photo. This photo was taken the following morning.
Unidentified Cicadidae - This is the same cicada as in the above two photos.,_Tallahassee,_20010616.jpg)
Unidentified Cicadidae - This is the molt left behind by a different cicada._1a,_Tallahassee,_200103.jpg)
Unidentified Cicadidae - This is a cicada molt left behind on a pine tree._1b,_Tallahassee,_200103.jpg)
Unidentified Cicadidae - This is the same cicada molt as in the above photo.