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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadinae » Tacuini » Dogday Cicadas (Neotibicen) » Dog-day Cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)
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Tibicen canicularis - Neotibicen canicularis - female
Copyright © 2006 Ilona L.

Tibicen canicularis - Neotibicen canicularis - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 9, 2005

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Tibicen canicularis - Neotibicen canicularis - female Tibicen canicularis - Neotibicen canicularis - female
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 5 September, 2006 - 1:04pm
Last updated 18 December, 2010 - 8:39pm

Ovipositing Tibicen canicularis
Wow, this is the first time I've ever known this species to oviposit in dead wood other than the dead wood from a tree branch. Very interesting. Was it up-side-down? You can see its ovipositor inserted in the wood near the end of the abdomen.

Nice shot. It would've been interesting to go back in october to see if any nymphs hatched.

I have documented sitings of Tibicen lyricens doing this but no other species, except now.
… Gerry Bunker, 5 September, 2006 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
The actual orientation was wi
The actual orientation was with the head facing upwards. The cicada was on the shady side of the post. I took a series of shots and these two were the clearest. I never noticed what it was doing. I just thought it was resting on the side of the post.
… Ilona L., 5 September, 2006 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

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