Cicadas: A Taxonomy

by Diane Fahey

Diane Fahey

names from all corners of a continent:
eastern sandgrinder
northern double drummer
western bent-winged cicada
Tasmanian hairy cicada
names offering ingredients for a story:
blue moon  brown bunyip
frog cicada  tiger prince
golden emperor  floury baker
chocolate soldier  sand fairy
names obscure and/or evocative:
smoky buzzer  yellow Monday
greengrocer  cherrynose
razor grinder  treeticker
firetail  lamplighter

From: 
Mayflies in amber





Last updated January 14, 2019