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Photo by smithk75
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Description:

Is this a Cicada? It scared me at the gas station. :) Sorry for the poor photo quality - it was taken on my iPhone and cropped to zoom in.

Species ID Suggestions

Linne's Cicada

Tibicen linnei

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Eric Wiederhoeft
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Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
Good find smithk75 - welcome to Project Noah. Plant suckers only looking to mate. :)
ForestDragon
smithk75, this is, indeed a Cicada. They are very large and noisy insects but harmless! http://bugguide.net/node/view/101/bgpage
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PublishedJuly 19, 2013

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