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Superb Dog-Day Cicada
Tibicen superbus
33.076, -97.0481
Field Notes
Description:
The green cicada is approximately 1.5 inches long. It is winged and flies from treed area to treed area. Although it is hard to see, the cicada has 3 eyes. The 3rd eye can be discerned between the main two.
This cicada can be identified by its song. It starts ""Gar-Gar-Gar-Gar-Gar-Gar-..." at mid level, quickly increases in speed and volume, before dropping way off.
Habitat:
Our backyard is well landscaped with bushes and trees as can be seen in the third photo. Cicada scar the soft limbs and lay their eggs.
Notes:
The best reference for this is the bugguide reference. It provides a very comprehensice classification of insects.
Special thanks to ForestDragon for the identification.
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Spotted for Missions
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PublishedJuly 19, 2013
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