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Candescent cicada

Okanagana canescens

Small cicada with whitish coating on body. Males produce buzzing chorus; nymphs feed on native plant roots for 2+ years underground.

Plants that support Candescent cicada

1 plants

Blue oak

Quercus douglasii

moderate

tree

Nymphs feed on oak roots and xylem; adults May-Aug

Bay Area nativeKeystone species