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This handsom fellow needs a name. - Diceroprocta olympusa

This handsom fellow needs a name. - Diceroprocta olympusa
Holly Hill, Volusia County, Florida, USA
July 26, 2009
Size: 1 1/2 inch
Photographed along railroad tracks.

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This handsom fellow needs a name. - Diceroprocta olympusa This handsom fellow needs a name. - Diceroprocta olympusa This handsom fellow needs a name. - Diceroprocta olympusa This handsom fellow needs a name. - Diceroprocta olympusa

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Diceroprocta olympusa, "olympic cicada"
I am from Marion Co. FL just west of you and quite familiar with cicadas in central Florida. Volusia Co., FL puts you on the east side of the peninsula and that greatly helps narrow the options.

Note that the veins of the anterior half of the forewing are colored differently (bright solid green anteriorly) from the veins in the back half of the wings ("black" posteriorly). This trait is particularly characteristic of some Diceroprocta species. If you look closely at the wing tip, there is a slight indication of a "smoky Z", the presence of this "Z" is suggestive of Diceroprocta olympusa (since most Diceroprocta species lack this particular trait). Although most D. olympusa are reddish brown, individuals with bright greens can be locally common (especially near the coast).

Because of these combined characters, I'm most inclined towards D. olympusa as the likely id!

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Another less likely possibility is Diceroprocta viridifascia (esp. populations of viridifascia along the Atlantic coast). Diceroprocta viridifascia usually lack the "Z", but there are exceptions to every rule, so I will avoid the word "always"! (f.y.i. - D. viridifascia pop's from the Gulf coast of Florida do not seem to share this wing character with the Atlantic coast populations. In Gulf Coast specimens, the wing veins are more evenly colored a darker green and black!)

Bill

 
Thank you for the info Bill.
Thank you for the info Bill. I have added a few more images of the same individual. Thanks again for your help.

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Sorry, I don't know the FL species.

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