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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadoidea » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadinae » Tibicen » Linne's cicada (Tibicen linnei)
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cicada - ID me - Tibicen linnei - female
Copyright © 2006 Tom Bentley

cicada - ID me - Tibicen linnei - Female
Reed Turner Woodland, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 14, 2006
Size: 5 cms
She was ovipositing.
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 14 August, 2006 - 9:08pm
Last updated 15 August, 2006 - 11:00pm

Nice One!
Of a Tibicen linnei ovipositing. Approximately how high up was it when you spotted it?
… Gerry Bunker, 15 August, 2006 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Gerry, He was only 3 feet or
Gerry,
He was only 3 feet or so off the ground! Thanks for the ID.
… Tom Bentley, 15 August, 2006 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Ovipositing
I have noticed in past observations that Tibicen species love to oviposit in dead branches of trees. This one looks like it is doing the same thing.

Tibicen lyricens love just about any kind of dead wood. Check these images just submitted here. I don't know if these hatchlings will survive though.

The eggs should hatch around October, it would be interesting to get photos of the first instar nymphs as they drop to the ground then mark the spot and see how long it takes them to get to the 5th instar stage when they finally emerge.

Not much research is done in this area. That is why it is said that the developmental cycle for annual cicadas can be anywhere from two to nine years depending on species but there is really no accurate data.

Do you know the type of tree?
… Gerry Bunker, 15 August, 2006 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
I believe it was a sugar mapl
I believe it was a sugar maple tree. That is weird that it ovipositing in the wood on your arbor.
… Tom Bentley, 15 August, 2006 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

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