Adrian Davies / Cicada turret, or chimney, formed by underground larva. Sabah, Borneo.

MYN / JP Lawrence / 13-Year Periodical cicada (Magicicada tredecim) Oxford, Mississippi, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Morley Read / Adult cicada (Cicadoidea), just emerged from its larval skin and waiting for the wings to expand and dry, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Adult cicada (Cicadoidea), just emerged from its larval skin and waiting for the wings to expand and dry, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Shane Gross / Superb green cicada (Neotibicen superbus) adult emerging from exuvia. Harbour Island, Bahamas.

Duncan Murrell / Jade green cicada (Dundubia vaginata) after ecdysis with exuvium, Gunung Mulu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sarawak, Borneo.

Duncan Murrell / Jade green cicada (Dundubia vaginata) after ecdysis with exuvium, Gunung Mulu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sarawak, Borneo.

Nick Upton / European / Common cicada (Lyristes plebejus) male calling from a Pomegranate tree, near Nafplio, Peloponnese, Greece, July.

Lucas Bustamante / Ants (Formicidae) attacking newly emerged cicada (Cicadacae), Yasuni National Park, Ecuador . Highly commended in the Invertebrates Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Comp...

Alex Hyde / Cicada (Cicadoidea) Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Green cicada (Cicadoidea) Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cicada (Cicadoidea) Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cicada (Cicadoidea) Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Brown cicada (Cicadoidea) Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cicada (Cicadoidea) with camouflage markings. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cicada (Cicadoidea) Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Kim Taylor / Cicada (Cicadoidea) in flight. Trinidad, West Indies.

Sylvain Cordier / Cicada (Tibicen plebejus) on tree bark, Provence, France, August.

Nick Upton / Cretan cicada (Cicada cretensis) on a telegraph pole, Kato Zakros, Crete, Greece, July.

Nick Upton / Cretan cicada (Cicada cretensis) on a Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.) tree trunk on a beach, Crete, Greece, July.

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

MYN / Clay Bolt / Leafcutter ant mimic cicada (Cymbomorpha sp) nymph, Cocobolo Nature Reserve, Panama Meetyourneighbours.net project

John Abbott / Hieroglyphic cicada (Neocicada hieroglyphica) flying, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. June

Cyril Ruoso / Cicada (Cicadoidea) on tree trunk, low angle view, Amazon, Peru

Juergen Freund / Cicadas (Cicadidae) on tree trunk, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Close up shot of Cicada (Cicadidae) eyes, Queensland,Australia.

Juergen Freund / Cicada (Cicacidae) newly metamorphosed cicada. Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Cicada (Cicadidae) on tree trunk, Queensland, Australia.

MYN / Javier Aznar / Cicada (Cicadidae) cloud forest, Mashpi, Ecuador. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / 13-Year Periodical cicada (Magicicada tredecim) with shed exoskeleton, Oxford, Mississippi, USA. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / 13-Year Periodical cicada (Magicicada tredecim) Oxford, Mississippi, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Fabrice Cahez / Cicada (Tibicen haematodes) on tree trunk, Aude, France, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) during final moult, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, July, Sequence 4/5.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) during final moult, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, July, Sequence 3/5.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) during final moult, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, July, Sequence 2/5.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) during final moult, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, July, Sequence 1/5.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) during final moult, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, July. Sequence 5/5.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) resting on a dry grass in a garden, Var, Provence, France, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) after molt, close up of portrait, Var, Provence, France, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) drying after molt, Var, Provence, France, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Cicada orni) resting on a trunk, Var, Provence, France, July

Pascal Pittorino / Exoskeleton (exuvium) of Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) after emergence on a grass, Var, Provence, France, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) resting on Marigold flower (Tagetes sp) in botanic garden, Var, Provence, France, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) female laying eggs into wood, Var, Provence, France, July

Pascal Pittorino / Exoskeleton (exuvium) of Common cicada (Lyristes plebejus) on Curly dock (Rumex crispus) plant after emergence, Var, Provence, France, July

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) resting on branch after emergence from nymph skin, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, July

Pascal Pittorino / Exoskeletons (exuvium) of Cicadas (Lyristes plebejus) against white background, Var, Provence, France, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) caught by Crab spider (Xysticus sp) Var, Provence, France, June.

Pascal Pittorino / Adult common cicada (Lyristes plebejus) resting on Elephant garlic / Wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum) in flower, Var, Provence, France, July

Pascal Pittorino / Cicada (Lyristes plebejus) resting on a dry grass in a garden, Var, Provence, France, July.

Konrad Wothe / Recently emerged Cicada (Cicadoidea) Panguana Reserve, Huanuca province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Aflo / Large brown cicadas (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata) on leaves, Tokyo, Japan. August.

Stephen Dalton / European cicada (Cicada sp) close up, France, August.

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

Stephen Dalton / European cicada (Cicada orni) feeding on an olive tree, France. April.

Alex Hyde / Large Cicada (Pomponia sp) on photographer's hand, Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cicada (Cicadoidea) Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cicada (Pomponia sp) Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Various species of Cicada (Cicadoidea) from Sabah, Borneo. Digital composite.

Aflo / Large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata) Iwate Prefecture, Japan. August.

Pete Oxford / Cicada (Cicadoidea) Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens) moulting. Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens) Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens) Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Redeye Cicada Shells (Psaltoda moerens) Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Redeye Cicada Shell (Psaltoda moerens) Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Masked Devil Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae) Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Masked Devil Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae) Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) Halls Gap, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

John Abbott / Decim Periodical Cicada (Magicicada septendecim) on white background, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, June.

Nick Upton / Male European / Common cicada (Lyristes plebejus) singing, Epidavros, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Male European / Common cicada (Lyristes plebejus) singing, Epidavros, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Male European / Common cicada (Lyristes plebejus) singing, Epidavros, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Male European / Common cicada (Lyristes plebejus) singing, Epidavros, Greece, August.

MYN / Clay Bolt / Annual Cicada (Tibicen sp) Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, United States, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Annual Cicada (Tibicen sp) Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, United States, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Chien Lee / Cicada (Cicadoidea), Malaysia

Paul Harcourt Davies / Exoskeleton (exuvium) of Cicada (Cicada orni) left after emergence. Mount Peglia, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, September.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Shed exoskeleton of Cicada (Cicadidae) Crete, Greece, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Shed exoskeleton of Cicada (Cicadidae) Crete, Greece, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Shed exoskeleton of Cicada (Cicadidae) Crete, Greece, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Doug Wechsler / Periodical Cicada (Magicicada septendecim) recently metamorphosed, Bear Moutain, Orange County, New York, USA, June.

Aflo / Higurashi Cicada (Tanna japonensis) on branch, Mennoki Ridge, Higurashi, Japan, July.

Fabrice Cahez / Cicada (Tibicen haematodes) moulting, Aude, France, July.

Fabrice Cahez / Cicada (Tibicen haematodes) Aude, France, July

Fabrice Cahez / Cicada (Tibicen haematodes) Aude, France, July.

Fabrice Cahez / Cicada (Tibicen haematodes) Aude, France, July.

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Cicada (Cicada sp.) molted exoskeleton, Italy, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / Emerald Cicada (Zamara smaragdina) male completing its final molt, Costa Rica

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

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant cicada (Quesada gigas) portrait, Urku Center, Peru. Captive.

Roman Willi / Cicada (Fidicinini) portrait, after moulting, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

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

Claudio Contreras / Emerald cicada (Zammara smaragdina) on leaves. Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas state, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Emerald cicada (Zammara calochroma) on stem. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Doug Wechsler / Hundreds of Periodical cicada (Magicicada sp.) nymphs ascending a tree trunk to metmorphose, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. June.