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"Swamp Cicada"

Tibicen tibicen (ssp. tibicen)

Description:

Cicadas are large flying, plant-sucking insects.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago
Annual cicada
Tibicen sp. Tibicen
"Swamp Cicada"
Tibicen tibicen (ssp. tibicen) Species Tibicen tibicen - Swamp Cicada - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

WilliamH.Reynolds
WilliamH.Reynolds 11 years ago

YES, this is an annual cicada and one of the more common and widely distributed species here inthe eastern USA.

for details:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6966

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 12 years ago

Looks like a cicada.

JVM
Spotted by
JVM

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Aug 15, 2011
Submitted on Aug 15, 2011

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