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Nice looking Planthopper! Please consider adding this to the global mission, The Hoppers: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096...
Definitely not a cicada. Looks for me like an Issid Planthopper, Issidae. Closest match I found would be this one:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/407399/bgi...
Yours might be an intermediate stage between nymph and adult, or late instar of a nymph. Any picture from the top?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/836618/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/579054/bgi...
All the bulk of Issidae:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15675/bgpa...
Swamp Cicada, Dog-day Cicada, Tibicen
Tibicen linnei
Looks like it's still drying from the still green abdomen, also looks deformed - missing wings
Spotted on Aug 26, 2014
Submitted on Aug 26, 2014
