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Swamp Cicada

Tibicen chloromera

Description:

I spotted this cicada in my front garden about one foot above ground and I believe it just molted, though I could not find it's shell. It had a distinct region of damage on its wing and when it did try to fly it could only manage to fly in circles.

Habitat:

This was found in my front shade garden under a sugar maple. I live on the edge of a suburban housing development with houses out front and riparian woodland out back.

Notes:

This was the first cicada I've seen this year and the following day (Jul 4, 2015) I began hearing them, though infrequently. Their songs don't yet overlap or create that wall of noise. This is the first cicada I've attempted to identify and I'm open to any corrections.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Swamp Cicada
Neotibicen tibicen ssp. tibicen Species Neotibicen tibicen - Swamp Cicada - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

Angie Shyrigh
Angie Shyrigh 8 years ago

Many thanks Bill Reynolds! My eyes are quite calibrated, but I think I see a distinction in the prothorax and it appears you're correct.

Bill Reynolds
Bill Reynolds 8 years ago

Swamp Cicada http://bugguide.net/node/view/6966
Compare with...
Linnei's Cicadas http://bugguide.net/node/view/32143

Angie Shyrigh
Spotted by
Angie Shyrigh

Galloway, Ohio, United States

Spotted on Jul 3, 2015
Submitted on Jul 12, 2015

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