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jimenez West Palm Beach, FL(Zone 10a) Nov 11, 2010

I found him dead. He was attacked to a stem.

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jimenez West Palm Beach, FL(Zone 10a) Nov 11, 2010

Colorful....that is the word

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Nov 11, 2010

This is a cicada (Hemiptera/Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae) in the genus Tibicen - see http://tinyurl.com/26c35rm for an example. These often are called 'dog-day cicadas, as their peak emergence usually occurs during late summer.

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jimenez West Palm Beach, FL(Zone 10a) Nov 12, 2010

Thanks so much . I was 10 when I moved to Florida and I always heard the song and I sometimes saw the discarded cicada skin. I never knew the name of the insect and I never saw the insect until yesterday. It only took 42 years!

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