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Diceroprocta viridifascia
Salt Marsh Cicada
Seaside Cicada
Coastal Scrub Cicada
Florida native
A frequent cicada of beach dunes, coastal uplands and salt marshes of Florida. The range extends northward along the Atlantic coast into Maryland.
There are various opinions on if the similar cicadas along Florida's Gulf coast and west into Louisiana are also Diceroprocta viridifascia, a subtype called D. viridifascia var. bequaerti or a separate species D. bequaerti.
Atlantic saltmarsh cicadas have a body that is about 2.5cm (1 in.) long with fairly large wings. The veins and leading edge of the lower portion (proximal) of the wing may vary from yellowish-green, green or orange. The the head and pronotum covering the thorax is black and brown. The collar across the pronotum may be yellowish or green. Below the collar there are two distinct black marks forming a "W" marking in the brown area. The underside is lighter, often white.
Diceroprocta viridifascia is a member of the Cicadidae - Cicadas family.
Other species of the Diceroprocta genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Diceroprocta olympusa - OLYMPIC SCRUB CICADA
For more information on this species, visit the following link:
Bugguide.net page for this species
Date record last modified: Jan 26, 2023
