Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Green shield cicada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Miranha imbellis
- Orellana strepens
- Zammara smaragdina
- Tanna infuscata
- Dyticopycna semiclara
- Zammara smaragdula
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Zammara
- Species
- Zammara tympanum
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