Cicada
Ocelli, Antenna & Hairy Eyes
Cicada
Ventral
Animals
Plants
Info
| Cicada Ocelli, Antenna & Hairy Eyes | | Cicada Ventral | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Cicada (Cicadidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Cicada (Cicadettini sp ES02)| This Photo: | 🔍Front Foot🔎 | Synonym: | Cicadettina | Thank you Dr Lindsay Popple for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Seen in Coastal Areas ~22mm long. Notice it's hairy eyes, like a line right through the middle of the back third. This is a nymph and was crawling up our Daughter-in-law's leg. We assume it just dug it's way out of the lawn. They can live underground for up to 7 years, climb up a tree, shed their skin for the last time and emerge as adults. They then mate, with females laying eggs, and they die within ~2 weeks. We most likely won't ever find out what species this is, but it's so rare to find a live nymph we thought it worth posting anyway. If we had put it on some wood in a container, it probably would have shed and we'd be able to determine species. Next time, if we ever find one again.
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