June 10, 2008

Identify this cicada

Filed under: Pacarina — Dan @ 8:42 pm

Cicada experts: can you identify this cicada? Hint: although it has white eyes, it is not a 17 year cicada. These photos were take by John Beard in Atascosa County, TX. BTW, is the black spot in the middle of the eye technically considered a pupil? Let us know.

Mystery cicada

Update: folks determined that this cicada was a Pacarina.

Comments (3)

3 Comments

Dan says:

June 15, 2008 at 9:06 pm

I think Kathy is right. Looks like the Pacarina on Bug Guide.
Dave Marshall says:

June 15, 2008 at 11:53 am

I’m a bit wary of venturing out on this because the cicada looks teneral, but my wife Kathy Hill (more of a morphologist) says it is probably a species of Pacarina.
John Beard says:

June 15, 2008 at 10:46 am

We are used to seeing large cicadas in this area, but this insect was only about 3/4″ long.

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