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Photo#151051
Neotibicen canicularis

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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Moved
Moved from Tibicen.

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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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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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.

 
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.

 
Ruling out T. pruinosa
Ruling out T. pruinosa as it has neither white spots nor orange outlining of the arches on the thorax.

 
T. linnei
ID'd as T. linnei by William (Bill) Reynolds on iNaturalist.

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