Candescent cicada
Okanagana canescens
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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
tree
Nymphs feed on oak roots and xylem; adults May-Aug
Bay Area nativeKeystone species