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Tibicen linnei
Clear, lace-like wings. Green-and-brown camouflage body. Large eyes set wide apart.
Suburban neighborhood with mature trees.
This was a dead cicada my daughter found lying in our driveway. I put the husk on a white background to photograph it more clearly.
Please compare T. pruinosus http://bugguide.net/node/view/6967 with T. linnei http://bugguide.net/node/view/32143
Commonly confused with linnei, your cicada is 100% pruinosus
They're loud little creatures, aren't they? I see dead cicadas frequently during a certain point in the season, but had never seen one moulting until this summer: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/704...
Thanks for sharing this! I always HEAR the cicadas, but I had never seen one.
Beautiful. Just Beautiful. The third one is my favorite. Love the front face in these little fellows. Thanks for sharing.
Spotted on Aug 1, 2010
Submitted on Jul 11, 2011
