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Dog-day Cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)
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Copyright © 2007
Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)
Neotibicen canicularis
Brooklyn, Brooklyn (Kings County) County, New York, USA
October 8, 2007
ID CONFIRMATION REQUESTED. I think this is
Tibicen canicularis
, the dog-day cicada.
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Contributed by
Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)
on 9 October, 2007 - 7:16am
Last updated 25 January, 2023 - 11:17am
Moved
Moved from
Tibicen
.
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John R. Maxwell
, 1 April, 2009 - 10:47pm
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Tibicen canicularis
This is probable, but not altogether certain. You would need a careful measurement (to the nearest mm.) of the head width across the eyes, or a view of the underside of the abdomen.
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Andy Hamilton
, 24 October, 2007 - 10:31am
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Next time I'll whip out my ruler!
Thanks, Andy. Any tips on how to get restrict the movement of an active specimen like this long enough to get such a millimeter-precise measurement?! I'm thinking maybe a clear plastic or glass jar, and sliding a ruler under the lip. I still don't think he'd let me get close enough to cover him up.
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Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)
, 24 October, 2007 - 11:10am
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a couple of times I have been
a couple of times I have been able to coax a cicada to crawl onto my finger, and taken a shot where you can measure the cicada's length against that of my finger: .
There is discussion about it on the first image of the set.
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Bobby Grizzard
, 24 October, 2007 - 3:20pm
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I'm jealous!
Did you coat your finger with sap, first?!
I'll try to be more patient and persuasive next time.
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Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)
, 24 October, 2007 - 3:24pm
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Welcome to the guide!
That is a good possibility, however I have learned not to trust myself to tell the
Tibicen
apart. There are a few experts who can probably confirm or deny this for sure, such as Andy Hamilton.
Several species in this genus resemble your specimen, including
T. pruinosa
,
T. resh
, and
T. linnei
.
You can browse images in the genus
here
.
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Bobby Grizzard
, 9 October, 2007 - 3:06pm
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Tibicen species
Thanks, Bobby! I'm certainly not an expert, hence the request for confirmation as to what it is.
I'll compare it with the other possibles you mention.
T. auletes
also looks similar. The wing venation appears identical, at first glance. The brown/green pattern on the thorax also looks similar.
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Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)
, 9 October, 2007 - 5:29pm
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Ruling out T. pruinosa
Ruling out
T. pruinosa
as it has neither white spots nor orange outlining of the arches on the thorax.
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Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)
, 9 October, 2007 - 5:38pm
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T. linnei
ID'd as
T. linnei
by William (Bill) Reynolds on iNaturalist.
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Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)
, 1 July, 2021 - 1:17pm
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