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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 » Megatibicen » Resonant Cicada (Megatibicen resonans)
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Can someone help ID this cicada? - Megatibicen resonans
Copyright © 2008 EclecticNature

Can someone help ID this cicada? - Megatibicen resonans
Guana River State Park, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
October 17, 2008

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Can someone help ID this cicada? - Megatibicen resonans Can someone help ID this cicada? - Megatibicen resonans Can someone help ID this cicada? - Megatibicen resonans
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Contributed by EclecticNature on 30 October, 2008 - 10:50pm
Last updated 2 November, 2008 - 6:43pm

Tibicen resonans
The heavy red and brown maculations coupled with the large size is indicative of the species. These are often confused with T. auletes because their calling songs are similar but T. auletes is slightly larger and has heavier pruinosity.

I'm curious, is October 17th the actual day you photographed this specimen? Seems late but cicadas may be around longer in Florida.
… Gerry Bunker, 31 October, 2008 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
I have found them as late as
I have found them as late as thanksgiving on Ft Bragg, NC. That's when I found my last specimen before moving to Oklahoma.
… Derek, 17 July, 2015 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
THanks for the ID
Yes, the picture was taken on Oct. 17. It landed beside me for a few seconds and then flew away.
… EclecticNature, 2 November, 2008 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

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