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by: Anonymous

Unfortunately this one only lived the day. He/she never left the spot we found it and the next morning it had died. It was still a beautiful sight to watch it "form". It turned into a dark brown and the wings lost the green tinge.
Cicada
by: Moni

Debi and Sam
This is a cicada. Many cicadas have that beautiful iridescent color until the wings harden and the final coloration occurs. Until that happens, it is hard to tell which cicada you have.
Adult cicadas do not feed on leaves, and may suck juices from tender twigs. Nymphs feed on the sap from tree roots.
It is the male cicada's that sing the well known buzzing sound in late summer. The females do not sing.
Different species of cicada's vary in the time it takes to fully develop from egg to adult. There are the annual and the periodic cicadas.
Some can be pests of tree nurseries since the female slits the twigs of trees to lay eggs in. These slits are usually lined up along a twig and can distort and weaken the limbs, causing the plants to be unsaleable.
Green, irridencent wings
by: Anonymous

small cicada.....they are beautiful.....no mouth....only live to breed in this stage of their life.

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