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Scissors Grinder Cicada

Tibicen pruinosus

Photo by AnnaWhipkey
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40.4134, -86.8621

Field Notes

Habitat:

urban backyard

Notes:

also called Green Annual Cicada, Dog Day Cicada, & Harvestfly

Species ID Suggestions

"Scissors Grinder Cicada"

Tibicen pruinosus

Comments (2)

Thanks for the ID Bill Reynolds, I'd never heard of the scissors grinder cicada before!
Compare all three similar species in your area. pruinosus - http://bugguide.net/node/view/6967 linnei - http://bugguide.net/node/view/32143 canicularis - http://bugguide.net/node/view/12461
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011

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