Tibicen tibicen "var./ssp. tibicen" (=chloromera/us)
South Alabama (Macon & Lee Counties, 1994-6)
specimens pictured: elev. range of 300-700 ft. a.s.l.

Specimens of T. tibicen from the southern third of Alabama (Lower-Upper Gulf Coastal Plain & Fall-line Hills) are often brightly colored and patterned. These are impressive T. tibicen specimens. Although similar dorsally in color and pattern to the form australis from peninsular Florida, ventrally they are more akin to the typical T. tibicen seen in most places throughout the South, Midwest, and Northeast.

NOTE: Males of T. tibicen australis from peninsular Florida typically have unusually long opercula by comparison and differ ventrally from most other T. tibicen populations in this peculiar trait.