Cicada
This creature stopped by the patio for a few hours this morning, and was quite cooperative in having it’s picture taken.
This photo I think best showed off the detail of it’s beautiful striped and furred face.
Cicada’s are the source of the high pitched sound that seems almost like a buzz saw.
The genus Neotibicen are large-bodied insects of the family Cicadidae that appear in summer or early fall in eastern North America. Common names include cicada, harvestfly, jar fly, and the misnomer locust…
Neotibicen species are the most common cicada in the Eastern United States. Unlike periodical cicadas, whose swarms occur at 13- or 17-year intervals, Neotibicen species can be seen every year, hence their nickname “annual cicadas”…
Neotibicen cicadas are 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) long, with characteristic green, brown, and black markings on the top of the thorax, and tented, membranous wings extending past the abdomen…
