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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadoidea » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadinae » Tibicen » Tibicen dorsatus
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Tibicen dorsata - Tibicen dorsatus
Copyright © 2004 William Zierath

Tibicen dorsata - Tibicen dorsatus
Anderson Prairie south of Pana, Illinois, USA
August 31, 2004
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Contributed by Andy Hamilton on 15 June, 2005 - 2:01pm
Last updated 20 March, 2006 - 7:27am

I caught one of these
One of these scared me to DEATH when trying to catch it. I've never heard a cicada make a distressed sound like that.

A REEEEEREEREEREEEREEEREEEUREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE at a thousand mph, or what have you. I've got it in my collection now, heheh. Mine was in Mesquite, TX
… Mothman13, 25 July, 2007 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

Tibicen dorsata
This photo was taken by William Zierath in Illinois. It was attached to an e-mail message from someone else, which is why I lost track of it.
… Andy Hamilton, 15 June, 2005 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
A similar critter.
Hi. I found what looks to be the same species in some hill-prairies in western Iowa (e.g., Sioux Falls Prairie). Are you certain of this species identification?

Thanks,
Jeff
… J. D. Bradshaw, 11 August, 2005 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Tibicen dorsata
The head narrower than the thorax is distinctive for this species of Tibicen.
… Andy Hamilton, 11 January, 2006 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

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