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Dog-day Cicada - Tibicen canicularis
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

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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Contributed by tom murray on 6 September, 2008 - 12:50pm
Last updated 26 September, 2008 - 3:59pm

Moved
Moved from Tibicen.
… tom murray, 26 September, 2008 - 3:58pm

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.
… Andy Hamilton, 26 September, 2008 - 3:38pm

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