Missouri Animals Buzz saw cicada   (Tibicen lyricen) Arthropoda: Insecta: Homoptera Native North American insect Habitat: deep forests in canopy Diet: root sap as larvae ID Features: unique call Natural History: The Buzz saw cicada grows to 34 mm long and mostly black in color. It is found in deep forests and lives high in the canopy. It spends most of its time as an underground insect and metamorphoses in the summer to become a flying insect.

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