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CicadaUnknown08012013ForWeb_9999 - Diceroprocta viridifascia - male - female

CicadaUnknown08012013ForWeb_9999 - Diceroprocta viridifascia - Male Female
Yamato Scrub Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
July 31, 2013
Need ID please and thanks!

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

A look at genitalia is the most sure way
However, I went the way I did, because there is no darkened "Z" mark along the veins near the tip of the front wings (normally present in D. olympusa), and the "resh mark" (the orange-brown "W"-shaped thing on the thorax) is relatively thin and well-defined (usually broader and smeared backward on D. olympusa - or - in D. olympusa the whole insect may be green with the resh mark ill-defined).

From my limited experience, they both favor brushy or open wooded areas, and if that happens to be in or next to a salt marsh, that's fine - for both of them. They both can sometimes be found sitting on walls at the beach too! D. viridifascia has a pulsing song, while that of D. olympusa is more even and continuous. I'm trying to remember, but have limited experience; however, as I recall, in South Carolina I had trouble hearing D. olympusa except up close (maybe it's just a result of old ears), but that D. viridifascia was much louder.

 
Thanks for
passing on the information. Much appreciated and I'll use it in the future!

Rich

looks to me like
Diceroprocta viridifascia - Salt Marsh Cicada

Similar, and also in that region is Diceroprocta olympusa.

 
Is there anything
that I should be looking for to differentiate the two species. I can tell you that this is an Oak scrub area with fresh water. That being said its less then 5 miles to the ocean.

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