Chorus Cicada
Amphipsalta zelandica
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Malvern, Arkansas
Altamont, Illinois
Norfolk, Nebraska
Trenton, New Jersey
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Spring, Texas
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From Texas A&M University Entomology Department:
Description: Tettigoniids are predominantly medium to large (1 to 2-1/2 inches long), winged or short-winged, green to brownish insects with long, hair-like (filamentous) antennae, and hind legs modified for jumping. Males are capable of generating sound and do so by rubbing their wings together (stridulating). Females hear them with an "ear" (tympanum-covered auditory structure) at the base of each front leg’s second segment (tibia). Most adult females possess a sword-shaped egg-laying structure (ov... read more
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