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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 - Female
Baton Rouge - BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 1, 2007
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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 3 August, 2007 - 1:39pm
Last updated 2 January, 2013 - 2:58pm

Moved
Moved from Swamp Cicada.
… Bill Reynolds, 2 January, 2013 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lyric Cicada based on comments below.
… Cotinis, 23 March, 2009 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Tibicen tibicen (syn. Tibicen chloromerus)
I agree - on ALL points made by Gerry. (Regarding image 133566 - http://bugguide.net/node/view/133566/bgimage)

The cicada in these images is indeed T. tibicen (Female)!

Gerry's comments are quoted below.

"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.

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
… Bill Reynolds, 9 March, 2009 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

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