female lyric cicada-ventral view/Tibicen lyricen engelhardti - Neotibicen lyricen

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female lyric cicada-ventral view/Tibicen lyricen engelhardti - Neotibicen lyricen -

fentress County, Tennessee, USA
August 18, 2008
Size: 57 mm-body and wings

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note the white dusting on the abdomen. is this normal colorization or indicative of disease caused by Massospora cicadina Peck or a related spore?

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Contributed by lee garret on 23 August, 2008 - 2:03am

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