This Superb Green Cicada was recorded in The Colony Texas. This large, noisy insect is part of a group of cicadas known as Dog-day Cicadas. They are so called because their high volume buzzing is the signature sound of long, hot Texas summers.
Observations Details
| County | – | Denton |
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| City | – | The Colony | |
| Date | – | Jun 16, 2012 | |
| Time of Day | – | Afternoon | |
| Temperature | – | Hot (greater than 89°F/32°C) | |
| Weather | – | Partly Cloudy | |
| Habitat | – | Undeveloped-Semi-Wooded | |
| Type of Behavior | – | Vocalizing | |
| Gender | – | Male | |
| Maturity | – | Adult | |
| Observer | – | Chris Jackson |
They don’t stop the songs lol. I have too many in my tree in Princeton, tx have quite a few dead on ground.
Just found one flipping around on my front porch in Plano. It’s friends are making quite the noise in my tree.
I have one on my porch , Live Oak, TX
Found one on my patio in west Plano. They made a mess in our big tree in the front yard. I took a picture, but I don’t know how or if I can attach it.
I found a super dog-CICada in edmond oklahoma and another kind of locust called the Texas cicada-megatibicen clorsatus
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June 2023: Around Benbrook Lake, in all the parks but especially Rocky Creek there are tons of these. While camping I saw about 30 per day up close and personal for 2 weeks straight. There was always 10± on my picnic table at night with the light on.