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Hi Clarence,
On 18-Sep-06, at 5:41 PM, Clarence Stevens wrote:
> Hi Chris thanks for help. - cheers, Clarence
Upon further investigation, I do see that there is one specimen in
the collection here called Tibicen lyricen (DeGeer) collected by
Douglas Ferguson in Antigonish in 1954. I don't know if it correctly
identified or not. I'll try and take a closer look at it in the next
couple of days. It doesn't look apparently different from the
specimens of T. pruniosa, but I have little experience with
identifying cicadas.
I also discovered that in communications I had with K.G.A. Hamilton
with respect to a forthcoming paper on the Homoptera of the Maritime
Provinces, that seems to indicate (if my reading is correct) the
synonymy of Tibicen canicularis (Harris) with Tibicen pruinosa (Say)
with the former having precedence. I'll check into this further and
let you know what I learn.
All the best,
Chris
> --- Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Clarence,
>>
>> As far as I'm aware Tibicen pruinosa (Say) is the only species in
>> this genus that occurs in the Maritime Provinces. As Andrew points
>> out, the only other species of cicada recorded in NS (insofar as I'm
>> aware) is Okanagana rimosa (Say) which looks substantially different.
>> Consequently, if your beast is Tibicen and it was found in NS odds
>> are almost 100% that it is T. pruniosa. A good website on cicadas
>> complete with multiple photos and recorded sounds is the Cicadas of
>> Michigan located at:
>>
>> http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Michigan/Index.html
>>
>> You can see from this site that colouration patterns of cicadas are
>> quite variable (including that of T. pruniosa) so body markings would
>> not be a good diagnostic feature for differentiating between species.
>>
>> All the best!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 18-Sep-06, at 4:35 PM, Clarence Stevens wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All, Hi Andrew, Thanks for your timely reply I had considered
>>> Tibicen
>>> pruinosa however after checking out the below references the body
>>> markings
>>> seemed to be a closer match to Tibicen canicularis.
>>>
>>> Tibicen pruinosa (Say 1825) [Lawson, 1920] {Subfamily Tibiceninae -
>>> concealed-timbal cicadas} - Called "Dog Days Cicada" and pictured
>>> in Salsbury &
>>> White, 2000, p. 126 - Photos and calling songs available at Cooley
>>> et al, 2004
>>> - Photo and life history discussion at Mason, 2004.
>>>
>>> Tibicen canicularis (Harris 1841) [Lawson, 1920, listed the synonym
>>> T. aurifera
>>> (Say 1825)] {Subfamily Tibiceninae - concealed-timbal cicadas} -
>>> Pictured in
>>> Salsbury & White, 2000, p. 125 (as T. aurifera) - Photo at Mason,
>>> 2004 (as T.
>>> aurifera). - Referred to as Dog-Day Cicada in North American
>>> Checklist of Moore
>>> (2004).
>>>
>>> On the web I was able to find two sites listed below that showed
>>> photos of
>>> Tibicen canicularis that had body markings that match.
>>>
>>> http://www.fcps.edu/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/
>>> dogday_harvestfly.htm
>>>
>>> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/18/the-dog-days-of-summer/
>>>
>>> However with that said I had no complete scientific key to work
>>> with and
>>> limited range and descriptive information. Your resources are
>>> likely greater so
>>> you may be able to come to a more accurate identification.
>>>
>>> I will have to send you the photo as a forward with an attachment
>>> in a private
>>> email as I have yet to have permission to release the photo
>>> publicly. Any
>>> identification you can make will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> It is interesting to note that both Tibicen pruinosa & Tibicen
>>> canicularis have
>>> the same or very similar common names. Hopefully from the photo
>>> you will be
>>> able to make a positive id as it will be interesting to find out
>>> the correct
>>> scientific name for this species. - Cheers Clarence
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Andrew Hebda <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
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Clarence,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 18-Sep-06, at 5:41 PM, Clarence Stevens =
wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE =
type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Chris thanks for help. - =
cheers, Clarence<SPAN =
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class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span">Upon further investigation, I do see that =
there is one specimen in the collection here called <I>Tibicen =
lyricen</I> (DeGeer) collected by Douglas Ferguson in Antigonish in =
1954. I don't know if it correctly identified or not. I'll try and take =
a closer look at it in the next couple of days. It doesn't look =
apparently different from the specimens of <I>T. pruniosa</I>, but I =
have little experience with identifying cicadas.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span">I also discovered that in communications I =
had with=A0K.G.A. Hamilton with respect to a forthcoming paper on the =
Homoptera of the Maritime Provinces, that seems to indicate (if my =
reading is correct) the synonymy of=A0<I>Tibicen canicularis</I> =
(Harris) with=A0<I>Tibicen pruinosa</I> (Say) with the former having =
precedence. I'll check into this further and let you know what I =
learn.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>All the best,</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE =
type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>> =
wrote:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Clarence,</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">As far =
as I'm aware Tibicen pruinosa (Say) is the only species in <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">this =
genus that occurs in the Maritime Provinces. As Andrew points <SPAN =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">out, the =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">aware) =
is Okanagana rimosa (Say) which looks substantially different. <SPAN =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Consequently, if your beast is Tibicen and it was found in NS odds =
<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">are almost 100% that it is T. pruniosa. A good =
website on cicadas <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">complete =
with multiple photos and recorded sounds is the Cicadas of <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Michigan =
located at:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><A =
href=3D"http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Michigan/Index.html">http=
://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Michigan/Index.html</A></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">You can =
see from this site that colouration patterns of cicadas are <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">quite =
variable (including that of T. pruniosa) so body markings would <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">not be a =
good diagnostic feature for differentiating between species.</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">All the =
best!</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Chris</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On 18-Sep-06, at 4:35 PM, =
Clarence Stevens wrote:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi All, =
Hi Andrew, Thanks for your timely reply I had considered <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Tibicen</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">pruinosa however after checking =
out the below references the body <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">markings</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">seemed to be a closer match to =
Tibicen canicularis.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tibicen pruinosa (Say 1825) =
[Lawson, 1920] {Subfamily Tibiceninae -</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">concealed-timbal cicadas} - Called "Dog Days Cicada" and pictured =
<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">in Salsbury &</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">White, =
2000, p. 126 - Photos and calling songs available at Cooley <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">et al, =
2004</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">- Photo and life history =
discussion at Mason, 2004.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tibicen canicularis (Harris =
1841) [Lawson, 1920, listed the synonym <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">T. =
aurifera</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(Say 1825)] {Subfamily =
Tibiceninae - concealed-timbal cicadas} - <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pictured =
in</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Salsbury & White, 2000, p. 125 (as T. =
aurifera) - Photo at Mason, <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2004 (as =
T.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">aurifera). - Referred to as Dog-Day Cicada in =
North American <SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Checklist of Moore</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">(2004).</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">On the web I was able to find two sites listed below =
that showed <SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">photos of</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tibicen =
canicularis that had body markings that match.</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A =
href=3D"http://www.fcps.edu/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/">http://www=
.fcps.edu/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/</A><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">dogday_harvestfly.htm</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A =
href=3D"http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/18/the-dog-days-of-summer/">ht=
tp://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/18/the-dog-days-of-summer/</A></DIV><DIV=
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">However =
with that said I had no complete scientific key to work <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with =
and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">limited range and descriptive =
information. Your resources are <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">likely =
greater so</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">you may be able to come to a =
more accurate identification.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I will have to send you the =
photo as a forward with an attachment <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">in a =
private</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">email as I have yet to have =
permission to release the photo <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">publicly. Any</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">identification you can make will =
be appreciated.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">It is interesting to note that both Tibicen pruinosa =
& Tibicen <SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">canicularis have</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the same or =
very similar common names.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =
</SPAN>Hopefully from the photo <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">you will =
be</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">able to make a positive id as it will be =
interesting to find out <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the =
correct</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">scientific name for this =
species.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>- Cheers =
Clarence</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--- =
Andrew Hebda <<A =
href=3D"mailto:HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca">HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca</A>> =
wrote:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> =
<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The two species that have =
been confirmed here, based on Museum</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Collections =
are Tibicen pruinosa and Okanagana rimosa.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you have =
any others, we would be delighted to examine the <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">images =
or</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">see the specimens.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top:=
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Andrew</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">A Hebda</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Curator of =
Zoology</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Nova Scotia Museum</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE =
type=3D"cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Clarence Stevens <<A =
href=3D"mailto:birder_ca@yahoo.com">birder_ca@yahoo.com</A>> =
9/18/2006 3:12 PM >>></DIV> =
</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi All, I am back in Manitoba =
where I have been carrying out bird</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">surveys =
for</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">most of the year. Several Nova =
Scotian birders are semi-famous and <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">well</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">liked</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">out here including birder/part time comedian Don =
MacNeill, birding <SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><D=
IV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">guru</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ian</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Mclaren, bander deceased but not forgotten Ross =
Anderson and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">birder/naturalist</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Peter Austin-Smith.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Today I am =
trying to identify a picture of a cicada that was crawling</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">around</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">this weekend =
in NS.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Tentatively I have identified it as Tibicen =
canicularis for the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">following four</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">reasons :</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1. a quick "eyeball inspection" =
of its body markings reveals an</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">individual =
that</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">looks either identical or very =
similar to this species.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2. this species is commonly =
known as Havestfly as it is often active</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and =
even</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">heard calling during the fall =
harvest times.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">3. I am pretty sure I have identified this species =
in the past in <SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Nova</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Scotia</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">during the summer =
months.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Note : Another common name is the Dog Day Cicada or =
Dogday Harvestfly</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">as adults</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">often start calling during the dog days of<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>summer.<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Mature males <SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">sing</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">from</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">August through late September or early =
October.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">4. Tibicen canicularis is a species whose range I =
believe includes NS</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">However there may be as many as =
150 species of cicadas found in North</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">America</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">indicating that there may be =
other very similar species in NS. So my</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">questions</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">for the cicada experts are as =
follows :</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">1. What species of cicadas can be and/or have been =
found in NS ?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2. What species of cicadas would =
be active in NS as late as</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mid-September =
?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">3. While I believe this species is common in =
NS, how common and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">widespread is</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Tibicen canicularis ?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Any help =
anyone can render will be appreciated. - cheers, Clarence</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">__________________________________________________</DIV><DIV =
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