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Giant fly? - Tibicen tibicen
Copyright © 2008 angelbelle

Giant fly? - Tibicen tibicen
Oviedo - urban subdivision back patio, Seminole County, Florida, USA
June 30, 2008
Size: about 2"

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Giant fly? - Tibicen tibicen Giant fly? - Tibicen tibicen
Contributed by angelbelle on 30 June, 2008 - 11:21am
Last updated 1 April, 2009 - 10:58pm

Moved
Moved from Swamp Cicada.
… John R. Maxwell, 1 April, 2009 - 10:58pm

Moved
Moved from Cicadas.
… John R. Maxwell, 24 March, 2009 - 11:11pm

Tibicen tibicin "australis", "Southern Swamp Cicada"
Floridian populations of this cicada deviate from most other populations of T. tibicen (chlormerus). More often than not the pronotal collar is green (not black) and there is dorsal pattern evident in the form of greens, some black delineation, flanked by rich reds/reddish browns.

The ventral pic helps me see that the legs are green and that there is no ventral black midline stripe running down the abdomen.

f.y.i. - Coastal Lyric Cicadas, Tibicen lyricen virescens, have a black pronotal collar, brown legs and a shiny black ventral stripe!
… Bill Reynolds, 24 March, 2009 - 3:46pm

Moved
Moved from True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 July, 2008 - 6:30pm

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