Cicadas in Carlisle, IA
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Cicadas in Carlisle, IA
Hi,
My son Noah, (8) caught a cicada nymph last week (Aug 12th) and put it in his bug terrarium (converted fishtank). That same night it climbed up a stick and began to molt. It had already started when we noticed it but I grabbed my camera and got some pics of the process.
He's been obsessed with cicadas this summer and he's caught probably 6-8 of them. This was the first nymph that we got to watch molt though.
We've used your site as a reference so I told him that we'd send you some of the pics we took.
Thanks for all the helpful info!
Denny
Date Posted: 2007-08-19 Comments: (1) Show Comments Hide Comments
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Posted By: Massachusetts Cicadas | On: 2010-12-14 | Website:
Hi Denny,
Thanks for the very cool photo sequence of a molting cicada. The genus is probably Tibicen but at this stage I am unable to determine exact species. Maybe when it hardens up and you send in another photo, I may be able to identify it.
Iowa has a lot of cool cicada species. I can tell you that this cicada is a male at least.
Thanks again.