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Copyright © 2008 Sharon Warner

Cicada - Neotibicen

Springfield, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
April 29, 2008

Found in the soil while planting and watering a rose. Is this a Cicada? If not, what is it? Adult? Larva? Does it live in the soil or is it ready to emerge? Thank you. With the mud on it should I frass?

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Contributed by Sharon Warner on 6 May, 2008 - 9:50am
Last updated 25 June, 2010 - 3:41pm

Moved

Moved from Tibicen.

… Bill Reynolds, 25 June, 2010 - 3:42pm

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Moved

Moved from Cicadas.

… Sharon Warner, 21 May, 2008 - 6:05pm

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Correct

This a mature nymph of a cicada (larva is a term used for baby insects that look nothing like the adults, such as a fly maggot or a beetle grub).
After mating a female cicada will implant here eggs into the ends of young tree branches. This kills the end portion of the branch causing the twig to die and be shed by the tree. The eggs hatch from the fallen branch and burrow into the ground. there they live by feeding on the fluids within plant roots (namely trees). They can live like this for several years, until they are old enough to burrow out of the ground climb up an elevated structure (such as a tree trunk of the side of a house) and molt, transforming into the winged adult.
I don't think this is frass-worthy material. I've never seen a cicada nymph that didn't have some dirt of mud on it.

… Jonas Insinga, 6 May, 2008 - 9:56am

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Tibicen

Brown and hump-backed.

… Andy Hamilton, 21 May, 2008 - 3:28pm

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I Will Move To Tibicen

Thanks, Andy.

… Sharon Warner, 21 May, 2008 - 6:04pm

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Thank You

so much for explaining this to me. I like to know more than just the name of things and you definitely gave me a good lesson. Much appreciated!! I haved marked it as immature and took the ?? out.

… Sharon Warner, 6 May, 2008 - 12:21pm

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