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Dog-day Cicada - Tibicen canicularis

Dog-day Cicada - Tibicen canicularis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 5, 2008
Size: 29mm
The measurement is nose to tail, and from nose to wingtip it measures 42mm.

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Moved from Tibicen.

Tibicen canicularis
The size could be either species, but the centrally located "node" (place where all veins converge) on the leading edge of the front wing indicates that this is the common dog-day cicada.