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Tibicen figurata - Tibicen davisi

Tibicen figurata - Tibicen davisi
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
October 17, 2007
Size: Body 3cm, incl. wings 4cm
I thought it was dead just hanging on our screen enclosure. When I removed it and started taking more pictures its legs wiggled and out crawled this larvae. It moved very fast, head down until reaching a potted plant I placed under the table edge. It quickly buried it's self. Within two hours the cicada was dry, brown, crunchy.

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Moved
Moved from Tibicen figuratus.

Tibicen davisi
Tibicen davisi

3 cm = slightly more than 1 inch
To qualify as a T. figuratus, I'd be more satisfied with > 6 cm.

Additionally, the green pigments are not typical of T. figuratus (teneral or sclerotized).

All of the above, coupled with the seemingly disproportiantely larger head, leads me to believe this to be a T. davisi.

Tibicen davisi (?)
3 cm = slightly more than 1 inch
To qualify as a T. figuratus, I'd be more satisfied with > 6 cm.

Additionally, the green pigments are not typical of T. figuratus (teneral or sclerotized).

All of the above, coupled with the seemingly disproportiantely larger head, leads me to believe this to be a T. davisi.

Moved
Moved from Tibicen figurata.

Tibicen figurata
The very dark-marked wing veins are characteristic of this brown southeastern species.

Cicada
Hi Rick. I've been following your cicada story and pics and find it fascinating. While I can't offer assistance, I ask you to please keep us updated. I'd love to find out exactly what that larvae turns into. Thanks!

 
failed pupation
I may have kept it too dry... so we keep guessing.