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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)) » Coastal Scissor(s) Grinder (Neotibicen latifasciatus)
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Neotibicen latifasciatus - male
Copyright © 2010 metrioptera

Neotibicen latifasciatus - Male
Rehoboth Beach, Junction and Breakwater Trail, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
July 20, 2010
Size: 5.5 cm
After reading through the page for Coastal Scissor-grinder Cicada, I believe this is it! There were many of them singing in the same habitat (coastal cedar trees)-as described.
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Contributed by metrioptera on 21 September, 2010 - 5:39pm
Last updated 2 November, 2015 - 5:07pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 22 September, 2010 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Excellent id ;)
I grew up with these in central Florida and this is perhaps my favorite eastern species of Tibicen!
… Bill Reynolds, 22 September, 2010 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
pity
... that the photographer remains anonymous.

If you are willing to allow your photo to be used for research and education purposes, please contact me at: hamiltona AT agr.gc.ca
… Andy Hamilton, 24 September, 2010 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

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