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"Large Dusk Calling/Singing Cicada" - Tibicen auletes - Female
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
August 5, 2008
Size: about 60 mm
Found this guy crawling across top of step ladder near porch light. I have no idea which Cicada this is, perhaps someone can ID him for me.

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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 5 September, 2008 - 7:44am
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 5:31pm

Moved
Moved from Tibicen resonans.
… John R. Maxwell, 1 April, 2009 - 9:16pm

Tibicen auletes (FEMALE)
T. resonans is red, reddish-brown - never hints of greenish/olive!
This cicada has too much white wax/pruinosity to be resonans.
… Bill Reynolds, 20 March, 2009 - 3:57pm

Tibicen auletes
Too much wax dorsally on the abdomen.

Tibicen resonans is not characterized by nearly this much pruinosity!
Additionally, T. resonans is a much deeper reddish-brown.
… Bill Reynolds, 28 October, 2008 - 5:06pm

 
Too Brown
Agreed, this specimen is T. auletes. It lacks the extreme reds indicative of T. resonans and I concur on the pruinosity.
… Gerry Bunker, 28 October, 2008 - 10:47pm

Moved
Moved from Cicadinae.
… john and jane balaban, 1 October, 2008 - 5:17pm

Tibicen resonans
One of the largest of the eastern cicadas.
… Andy Hamilton, 26 September, 2008 - 8:15pm

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