Lorraine Bennery / New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) laying eggs on Dog-rose (Rosa cania), Vaucluse, France, June.

Stephen Dalton / European cicada (Cicada sp) on olive tree, France. April.

Thomas Marent / Cicada (Cicadetta cantilatrix), Effingen, Switzerland

Nature Production / Cast off exoskeleton of Cicada (Cicadetta radiator) Japan

Steve Nicholls / New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) on stalk of bracken, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, Endangered species

Adrian Davies / Cicada (Cicadetta sp) empty pupa case on tree trunk, Crete, Greece.

Adrian Davies / Cicada (Cicadetta sp) emerging from pupa on tree trunk, Crete, Greece.

Adrian Davies / Cicada (Cicadetta sp) camouflaged on tree trunk, Crete, Greece.

Nature Production / Chi-chi Zemi Cicada {Cicadetta radiator} female on branch, Japan

Jussi Murtosaari / New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) resting on plant stem, the only cicada species native to England and Finland, Finland. June.

Roman Willi / New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) resting on leaf, Lucerne, Switzerland. June. Focus stacked.