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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) » Swamp Cicada (Neotibicen tibicen tibicen)
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Cicada ovipositing - Neotibicen tibicen
Copyright © 2012 wingedmary

Cicada ovipositing - Neotibicen tibicen
near Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio, USA
July 21, 2012
Why is Cicada ovipositing while going up block wall? Do they just let eggs fall onto ground below also?

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Contributed by wingedmary on 24 July, 2012 - 7:55am
Last updated 2 January, 2013 - 2:48pm

Moved
Moved from Swamp Cicada.
… Bill Reynolds, 2 January, 2013 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Annual Cicadas" or "Dog-Day Cicadas".
… Bill Reynolds, 24 July, 2012 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Tibicen tibicen
Swamp Cicada
… Bill Reynolds, 24 July, 2012 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John Stanard, 24 July, 2012 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

No...
They deposit eggs in tree branches. When the nymphs emerge, they crawl down the tree trunk, burrow into the soil and feed by tapping into the roots. Are you sure it isn't expelling waste?
… John Stanard, 24 July, 2012 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

 
See additional closeup photo.
See additional closeup photo. I googled Cicada eggs and images looked like these white oblong things. I couldn't figure out why she would be ovipositing going up the block wall.
… wingedmary, 24 July, 2012 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting...
Based on how vivid the colors are, this looks like a recently emerged insect. Some Saturniid moths begin ovipositing soon after emergence, so you may have a similar occurence here. Great photos, btw.
… John Stanard, 24 July, 2012 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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