#neotibicen

@reverse-rainbows submitted: I’m wondering what cicada this lil fella is! It’s from brood x, found it after it died and preserved it’s body in alcohol. From [removed] (remove location pls)

RIP, little friend! This is not a Brood X cicada. Brood X were 17 year periodical cicadas in the genus Magicicada. This fellow is a dog-day cicada in the genus Neotibicen. It may have come out around the same time as the Brood X cicadas, but it’s an annual species. These guys take 2-5 years to develop underground before emerging as adults, but there are overlapping generations that appear every year :)