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TX - Cicada - Quesada gigas
Copyright © 2012 Colette Micallef

TX - Cicada - Quesada gigas
Three Rivers, Live Oak County, Texas, USA
June 16, 2012

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Contributed by Colette Micallef on 22 June, 2012 - 9:47am
Last updated 23 February, 2017 - 10:50am

Quesada gigas
One of the largest cicadas in the USA.
Can be common across s. Texas. The call of the male starts out with a series of clicks then progresses into high pitched sound similar to a whistling tea pot.
… Bill Reynolds, 25 June, 2012 - 9:22am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 22 June, 2012 - 3:47pm

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