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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 » Fidicini » Scrub Cicadas (Diceroprocta) » Citrus Cicada (Diceroprocta apache) » "Dark Form" (Diceroprocta apache "Dark Form")
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Hanging Cicada - Diceroprocta apache
Copyright © 2015 Stephan Stern

Hanging Cicada - Diceroprocta apache
East of Hwy 85, North of Gila Bend, between mountains in Sonoran Desert National Monument, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
August 11, 2012
Size: 3" maybe, maybe larger
Went for hike in desert in unbelievable 115 degree F heat, and hundreds of what I think were cicadas had gathered in a tree and were buzzing away like mad. Without any fear, they let me walk right up into the branches and snap away. First time I ever saw one of these insects that close.
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Contributed by Stephan Stern on 10 September, 2015 - 9:43pm
Last updated 24 September, 2015 - 9:40am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 24 September, 2015 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Just a guess, but it may be Diceroprocta apache.
Noisy little fellers.
… Bruce Tilden, 11 September, 2015 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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