Species Neocicada hieroglyphica - Hieroglyphic Cicada

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Neocicada hieroglyphica var. johannis - Neocicada hieroglyphica - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Cicadoidea

Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)

Subfamily Cicadinae

Genus Neocicada

Species hieroglyphica (Hieroglyphic Cicada)

Size

32 mm (head to tip of folded wings)

Identification

Quoting from Cicadas of Florida: Partial to oaks; first species to be heard in spring; song starts with a sequence of progressively softer whiney bursts and ends with an even whine.

Found in small colonies. Starts calling in morning and calls until dusk. Song is reported to sound like a model airplane warming up its engine.

Range

Southeastern United States: Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, southern Maryland to Florida.

Habitat

Forests, esp. near oaks.

SINA

Ohio State Univ.--gives range

Cicadas of Kansas

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 22 January, 2005 - 9:35am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone
Last updated 10 July, 2005 - 10:42am

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