Species Tibicen auletes - Scissor-grinder

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Scissor Grinder? - Tibicen auletes - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Cicadoidea

Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)

Subfamily Cicadinae

Genus Tibicen

Species auletes (Scissor-grinder)

Other Common Names

Northern Dusk-singing Cicada, Great Dusk-calling Cicada

Size

circa 45 mm body length

Identification

Very large (45 mm body length, about 65 mm to wing tips) and very pruinose.

Range

Eastern North America. Widespread, reported from Kansas, Michigan, Carolinas, Florida, etc.

Habitat

Reported to be oak woodlands.

Season

Late summer. July-September (North Carolina). July-November (northern Florida).

Print References

Brimley, p. 86, lists for July-September in eastern North Carolina. (1)

Internet References

Checklist of Cicadas North of Mexico--suggests a common name, Northern Dusk-singing Cicada.

Clemson Univ.

Cicada Central

Cicadas Info--gives a common name

Cicadas of Michigan--photos of specimen, song.

Singing Insects of North America

Cicadas of Florida, photo

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 11 September, 2004 - 6:46am
Last updated 3 September, 2005 - 10:45pm

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