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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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Copyright © 2007 John Hartgerink

Is this a "Dog Day" Cicada? - Neotibicen tibicen -

Baton Rouge - BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 1, 2007

This is the cicada I find most commonly at Bluebonnet Swamp.
Is it a Dog Day cicada?

Found in a sunny area at the edge of the swamp.
About 11:00am and 85-90 deg F.
Perched in an elderberry tree.
Would sometimes fly off a bit and come right back to the same tree, but a different branch.

I watched it about 20 minutes.
It seemed to be a female laying eggs.
In the third image attached you can see the ovipositor jabbed into a branch, at least I think so.

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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 3 August, 2007 - 1:36pm
Last updated 2 January, 2013 - 2:58pm

Moved

Moved from Swamp Cicada.

… Bill Reynolds, 2 January, 2013 - 2:58pm

Moved

Moved from Lyric Cicada based on comments below.

… Cotinis, 23 March, 2009 - 9:29pm

Tibicen tibicen

This specimen is actually Tibicen tibicen (formerly T. chloromerus). The green eyes, green pronotum, green legs, black collar and black mesonotum are all keys to this species.

T. lyricen also has a clearly defined broad black medial stripe located ventrally on the abdomen which this specimen lacks. See the below image in the guide for reference:

In addition T. lyricen cicadas do not have green eyes but dark brown to black eyes and also possess brown legs.

What I do find interesting about this specimen is the red mite behind the right compound eye.

… Gerry Bunker, 29 October, 2008 - 9:55pm

Tibicen tibicen (syn. Tibicen chloromerus)

I agree - on ALL points made by Gerry. The cicada in these images is indeed T. tibicen (Female)!

… Bill Reynolds, 9 March, 2009 - 10:27am

Tibicen lyricen

The dark pronotum with keyhole-shaped mark is common in this species.

… Andy Hamilton, 15 August, 2007 - 10:23am

Yes.

This is a species of Tibicen, the genus commonly referred to as "dog day cicadas."

… Eric R. Eaton, 3 August, 2007 - 1:51pm

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