Cicadetta calliope calliope occurs in the United States from the mid-Atlantic states to the Rocky Mountains. It is known from Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. These cicadas are found in grasses and weeds and have been associated with grasses and weeds in meadow environments and Stipa spartea Trinius - Andropogon scoparius (Michaux) Nash habitats. (Sanborn & Phillips 2013)
Cicadettana calliope is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae, found in North America.[1] The species was formerly a member of the genus Cicadetta.[2]
Their median total life cycle length is around four years, this being from egg to a natural adult death.[3]
These two subspecies belong to the species Cicadetta calliope:
Cicadettana calliope is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae, found in North America. The species was formerly a member of the genus Cicadetta.