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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) » Neotibicen similaris » "Molts, Nymphs, Tenerals & Emergence Series" (Neotibicen similaris "Molts, Nymphs, Tenerals & Emergence Series")

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Cicada sp. - Neotibicen similaris

Crawfordville, Wakulla County, Florida, USA
August 6, 2014

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Contributed by MumblingIdiot on 7 August, 2014 - 7:26pm
Last updated 11 August, 2014 - 10:04am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Bill Reynolds, 11 August, 2014 - 10:04am

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Tibicen sp.

I am not good at ID of teneral cicadas. But I would suggest either T. lyricen virescens, T. tibicen australis, or maybe T. similaris based on location. I am leaning more towards T. lyricen, but T. lyricen tenerals usually have black eyes,(not sure if that applies for T. lyricen virescens).

Wait for a final ID from Mr. Reynolds.

… Mosz026644, 8 August, 2014 - 9:08am

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Good guess

Given location & the following traits, incl. dark bluish eyes (FL), pinkish body color and the very dark pronotal patches are traits most often typical of teneral similaris (my best guess).
(NOTE: pronotal patches are not green as would be expected in virescens and australis.)

T. similaris exhibits several regional variations and the north/central Florida forms can be very "similar" to lyricen seen in other parts of the lyricen range. I miss id these myself from time to time and have to look back and forth, comparing different pic's with specimens in hand. I strongly suspect this is a Florida similaris - compare with the pic. below

Other possibility could be lyricen form lyricen which replaces virescens in the panhandle (i.e. FL Bigbend area west)

… Bill Reynolds, 11 August, 2014 - 10:03am

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Thank you!!

Thanks for narrowing it down for me!

… MumblingIdiot, 10 August, 2014 - 12:55pm

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