Dog-day Cicada

Description:

Dog day Cicada is a annual Cicada. Wingspan to 3/4" Larvae reach adulthood in 3 years. Males attract females on late spring and summer days with loud, buzzing, sawlike call that gradually drops off. Also called Dog-day harestfly.

Habitat:

Suburban neighborhoods, parks, deciduous woodlands, and pine-hardwood forests.

Notes:

Found this freshly dead Cicada after a storm. I think rain knocked it down from a tree while it was trying to emerge as an adult. I believe this is a Dog-day Cicada because of the clear forewings and green base along the leading edge of wings. My field guide says that they are mostly range in the Southeastern Canada and Northeastern United States, but I found this in Houston, Texas.