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Tibicen Feeding & Ovipositing
Tibicen pruinosa Feeding
Having just emerged a day earlier, this cicada decided to take a well deserved drink. Note the cicada's beak inserted into the twig.
Photo taken: Summer 1998
Our Lady of the Pines
Sandusky County, Ohio
Tibicen lyricen Ovipositing
This female was located just prior to a rain storm. She was already busy with her egg laying and paid little attention to her surroundings. Hence, the successful photo.
Photo taken: Summer 1999
Our Lady of the Pines
Sandusky County, Ohio
Tibicen lyricen Ovipositing
A slight close up of this busy female. Note the ovipositor splintering the twig. The egg damage done by the Tibicen is almost completely unnoticeable and their numbers are so few, that they are seldom considered pests.
Tibicen chloromera Ovipositing
A female ovipositing in an apple tree twig.
Photo taken: Summer 1998
Our Lady of the Pines
Sandusky County, Ohio