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The two species that have been confirmed here, based on Museum Collections are Tibicen pruinosa and Okanagana rimosa. If you have any others, we would be delighted to examine the images or see the specimens. Andrew A Hebda Curator of Zoology Nova Scotia Museum >>> Clarence Stevens <birder_ca@yahoo.com> 9/18/2006 3:12 PM >>> Hi All, I am back in Manitoba where I have been carrying out bird surveys for most of the year. Several Nova Scotian birders are semi-famous and well liked out here including birder/part time comedian Don MacNeill, birding guru Ian Mclaren, bander deceased but not forgotten Ross Anderson and birder/naturalist Peter Austin-Smith. Today I am trying to identify a picture of a cicada that was crawling around this weekend in NS. Tentatively I have identified it as Tibicen canicularis for the following four reasons : 1. a quick "eyeball inspection" of its body markings reveals an individual that looks either identical or very similar to this species. 2. this species is commonly known as Havestfly as it is often active and even heard calling during the fall harvest times. 3. I am pretty sure I have identified this species in the past in Nova Scotia during the summer months. Note : Another common name is the Dog Day Cicada or Dogday Harvestfly as adults often start calling during the dog days of summer. Mature males sing from August through late September or early October. 4. Tibicen canicularis is a species whose range I believe includes NS However there may be as many as 150 species of cicadas found in North America indicating that there may be other very similar species in NS. So my questions for the cicada experts are as follows : 1. What species of cicadas can be and/or have been found in NS ? 2. What species of cicadas would be active in NS as late as mid-September ? 3. While I believe this species is common in NS, how common and widespread is Tibicen canicularis ? Any help anyone can render will be appreciated. - cheers, Clarence __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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