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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) » Cicadettinae » Cicadettini » Small Grass Cicadas (Cicadettana)
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Tiny Cicada - Cicadettana
Copyright © 2012 Dave Rogers

Tiny Cicada - Cicadettana
4 miles west of Adams, Gage County, Nebraska, USA
June 30, 2012
Size: 5/8 - 3/4 inch MOL
Found in the grass of a cow pasture.
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Contributed by Dave Rogers on 14 July, 2012 - 2:49pm
Last updated 31 July, 2012 - 1:40am

Cicadetta
Another expert I consulted agreed that this one fits C. kansa better than Beameria venosa. Thanks!
… Dave Rogers, 3 August, 2012 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Cicadetta
This pic is of a Cicadetta, but still looks more like a calliope given that it is not so bright lime green.

Cicadetta species in Florida have been mistaken for kansa based on color, but call and wing cell counts verify them as calliope or floridensis.

Also, many cicadas are prone to discoloration after death, therefore color for dead material is not always revealing.
… Bill Reynolds, 15 February, 2014 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

 
Cicadetta
This pic is of a Cicadetta, but still looks more like a calliope given that it is not so bright lime green.

Cicadetta species in Florida have been mistaken for kansa based on color, but call and wing cell counts verify them as calliope or floridensis.
… Bill Reynolds, 15 February, 2014 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

genus Cicadetta - also tiny
I would guess probably C. kansa, but I'm not sure which species.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 31 July, 2012 - 1:40am login or register to post comments

Tiny Cicada
I've discovered this is Beameria venosa
… Dave Rogers, 23 July, 2012 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

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