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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 » Tacuini » Dogday Cicadas (Neotibicen) » Swamp Cicada (Neotibicen tibicen) » "Southern Dusky-winged cicada" or "Southern Swamp Cicada" (Neotibicen tibicen australis)
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Tibicen sp. - Neotibicen tibicen
Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Bauman

Tibicen sp. - Neotibicen tibicen
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
May 2, 2008
Size: 2 1/3 inches (with wings)
This was found near a pine forest at a building where they often die and drop from the trees. Sightings of dead ones in the area are quite common on the sidewalk pavement.

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Contributed by Jonathan Bauman on 22 August, 2011 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 22 August, 2011 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus) ssp. australis
These are difficult for many to recognize.
The Florida populations belong to the ssp. australis which differs in color and pattern from the nominate race.
… Bill Reynolds, 22 August, 2011 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, tibicen cicadias a
Thank you, tibicen cicadias are so difficult to identify.
… Jonathan Bauman, 22 August, 2011 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Id. of Tibicen species....
The most important "key" to id. is knowing what species and forms occur in your area.

Unfortunately, these guys are subject to geographic variation, thus making the use of the few available resources impractical for all areas.

Based on physical characters, this particular form of T. tibicen (ssp. australis) often keys out to T. pruinosus.

In conjunction with geographic variation, there have been numerous erroneous id's through the years leading to incorrect geographic range maps....often making id of a specimen even more difficult.

Cheers,
bill
… Bill Reynolds, 23 August, 2011 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

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