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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadinae » Leptopsaltriini » Neocicada » Hieroglyphic Cicada (Neocicada hieroglyphica)
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Cicada - Neocicada hieroglyphica - male
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Cicada - Neocicada hieroglyphica - Male
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
June 18, 2009
Size: 16mm (5/8")
Note in the second and third pics the two holes on the mesonotum. Is this some sort of parasite entry or what are these?

Please help with ID.

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Cicada - Neocicada hieroglyphica - male Cicada - Neocicada hieroglyphica - male Cicada - Neocicada hieroglyphica - male
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 19 June, 2009 - 9:00am
Last updated 19 June, 2009 - 12:08pm

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Positive ID by Bill Reynolds.
… Sam Houston, 19 June, 2009 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Holes
Did he have anything to say about the holes? I'm curious. I assume they're a normal part of the cicada, since they're perfectly symmetrical.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 June, 2009 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
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No, he didn't know either. But, Kathy Hill from the Cicadidae Yahoo group I belong to says "The "holes" are called scutal depressions. They always lie above the top arms of the cruciform elevation. They may be associated with internal muscle attachments."
… Sam Houston, 19 June, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

might be Hieroglyphic cicada
This looks very similar to me, Neocicada hieroglyphica - Hieroglyphic Cicada
… Andrew Williams, 19 June, 2009 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

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