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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) » pruinosus group (Scissor Grinders) (Neotibicen pruinosus group (Scissor Grinders)) » Scissor(s) Grinder (Neotibicen pruinosus)

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Some Type of Cicada? - Neotibicen pruinosus -

Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: Approx 1"

There are so many insects singing in the trees this time of year, but I rarely see them. This one flew by me during the day & landed on a crabapple tree. Do you know what kind of insect this is? Some type of Cicada? And does it sing? Thanks ahead of time!

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Contributed by cookie1234 on 4 September, 2008 - 2:51pm
Last updated 23 March, 2009 - 12:57pm

Moved

Moved from Tibicen.

Thanks for the additonal comments and ID.

… Ken Schneider, 23 March, 2009 - 12:56pm

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Tibicen pruinosus (FEMALE)

I agree with Dr. Hamilton. The pale underside and pruinosity (chalky white) are suggestive of pruinosus.

Additionally, T. pruinosus is very common in the upper mid-South throughout much of the midwest (i.e. "greater region" of the Mississippi River drainage).

The cicada in this pic also has several other pruinosus characters including a pea green coloration (not the deep leaf greens & blue-greens seen in linnei), relatively pale green costal vein, tan legs with hints of a chalky greenish-tan (another very typical trait of pruinosus), slate colored eyes, and less pronounced black delineating the pattern (a trait seen more frequently in similar/related species - i.e. linnei, robinsoniana, and canicularis).

… Bill Reynolds, 23 March, 2009 - 12:53pm

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Re: Your Info

Thanks so much for the ID and the additional info! It certainly is appreciated!

… cookie1234, 2 April, 2009 - 5:03pm

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Moving -

to genus page for now.

… Ken Schneider, 1 October, 2008 - 11:10am

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Cicada

Something in Tibicen genus maybe. Dog day harvestfly?

… Jon M. Yuschock, 4 September, 2008 - 5:18pm

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Thanks Jon. . .

for your educated guess re: the species. It's appreciated!

… cookie1234, 18 September, 2008 - 7:20am

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Tibicen

I'm guessing T. pruinosa, which has a contrastingly paler underside.

… Andy Hamilton, 25 September, 2008 - 9:17am

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