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Cicada Molting
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Cicadas

 
 

Picture of a Buffalo Treehopper.

Buffalo Treehopper
Category: Cicada and Similar
Easily recognizeable by its greenish-yellow color and its humpback-like appearance. They namesake comes from the fact that they very much resemble buffalo by the horn-like projections on either side of their pronotum. Buffalo Treehoppers feed on the ... READ MORE

Picture of a Dog Day Cicada.

Dog Day Cicada
Category: Cicada and Similar
Seen during the hottest days of the summer, adults have a call that sounds like a circular saw tearing through wood. Larvae is believed to suck the juice/water out of pine tree roots. The species disappears from the area once all pines are gone/... READ MORE

Picture of a Periodical Cicada.

Periodical Cicada
Category: Cicada and Similar
The Periodical Cicada is generally more well known in the Midwest as the Seventeen Year Cicada due to their periodical emergence every thirteen or seventeen years. Cicadas during this time can appear in the hundreds, if not thousands, as mating seaso... READ MORE

   

 

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