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female Tibicen laying eggs (probable canicularis) - Neotibicen canicularis - female
Copyright © 2011 Denis A. Doucet

female Tibicen laying eggs (probable canicularis) - Neotibicen canicularis - Female
Callendars Beach Rd, Kouchibouguac National Park, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
August 24, 2011
Saw or netted a half dozen of these and many more appeared to be around. Activity was intense that day.
Contributed by Denis A. Doucet on 28 August, 2011 - 12:41pm
Last updated 29 August, 2011 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from Tibicen.
… Bill Reynolds, 29 August, 2011 - 10:26am

 
Thanks again Bill!
I kept three specimens that day, and all others seen appeared VERY SIMILAR to this, and as far as I could tell, all seen were females, although we could hear several males "singing".
… Denis A. Doucet, 29 August, 2011 - 11:45am

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