Dog-day cicada

Neotibicen canicularis (commonly called the dog-day cicada, dog-day harvestfly, or heatbug) is a species of annual cicada.

Dog-day cicada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:
Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:
Cicadoidea
Family:
Cicadidae
Genus:
Neotibicen
Species:
N. canicularis
Binomial name
Neotibicen canicularis
(Harris, 1841)
Synonyms

Tibicen canicularis

Description
Two N. canicularis mating

Neotibicen canicularis is recognizable by being mostly black with green markings on its body. The body size is typically 27–33 millimeters, the wingspan can reach 82 mm.[1] The wings are interlaced with green veins which are especially noticeable near the base.[1] The song of N. canicularis is often described as being a loud, high-pitched whine much like a power saw cutting wood. It lasts for several seconds before fading away at the end of the noise.

Geographical locations

Common habitats are mixed and deciduous woods in Canada, the Eastern United States, and Arizona.[2] Geographic range includes Northern USA and Southern Canada, East of the Rocky Mountains.[3] Nymphs of the species commonly feed on pine juice and the roots of pine and oak; adults syphon sap.

  • Close-up of face showing Ocelli

References
  1. "Species Neotibicen canicularis - Dog-day Cicada". bugguide.net.
  2. "Insects We See and Hear in the Summer Months".
  3. "Species Neotibicen canicularis - Dog-day Cicada - range". bugguide.net.


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