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Cicada - Tibicen canicularis
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Cicada - Tibicen canicularis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 10, 2008

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Contributed by tom murray on 14 August, 2008 - 8:03am
Last updated 14 October, 2008 - 6:46am

Moved
Moved from Tibicen robinsonianus.
… tom murray, 14 October, 2008 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
I mistakenly thought all the Tibicen cicadas where I am were the same. Now I won't take them for granted. Thanks for the id Andy.
… tom murray, 24 August, 2008 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Not T. robinsonianus
Hi Tom

I'm very familiar with the species of cicadas in Massachusetts and all of New England. We do not have T. robinsonianus here in Massachusetts. This is way too far north for that species. Especially in Groton which is the next town over from where I live. This specimen is actually T. canicularis. They do vary morphologically which makes them difficult to identify if you are not familiar with the species. The two most common species of cicadas we have here in Massachusetts are T. canicularis and T. lyricen. We have isolated pockets of T. chloromerus on the mainland of Mass but as far as Tibicens go, that's it.

I have managed to find large populations of T. chloromerus on Nantucket Island and there is a healthy population of T. auletes on Martha's Vineyard. I have also found Okanagana rimosa in Central Massachusetts.

Hope this helps.
… Gerry Bunker, 13 October, 2008 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

Tibicen robinsonianus
The wing has the "node" closer to the base, and the margin beyond it more nearly straight than in T. canicularis; but not so straight as in T. linnei.
… Andy Hamilton, 24 August, 2008 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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