More bugs
2006/08/03 10:22 AM Filed in:
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I guess this is becoming the Bug
show instead of Beaker's site. I
respect and enjoy all types of wild
life so I can't help myself.
I heard a thud on the window the other night and found this Cicada buzzing around. Just had to get some snaps. Last year I caught a green one. This one is almost entirely black.
Dogday Harvestfly (Tibicen canicularis)
Description : 1 1/8 - 1 1/4" (27-33 mm), wingspam to 3 1/4" (82 mm). Black with green markings. Wings clear green along rear 1/2 of fore wing margin.
Habitat : Coniferous and mixed woods.
Range : Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Food : Adult is not known to eat. Nymph feeds on root juices, especially pine.
Sound : A powerful call that sounds like a circular saw cutting through a board.
Life Cycle : Nymphs take 3 years before maturing to adult. A new generation hatches each summer in the same area.
Since this cicada disappears from mixed forests soon after all the pines are eradicated, it probably feeds on pine roots. It is seen during the hot, "dog days" of summer, hence its common name.
I heard a thud on the window the other night and found this Cicada buzzing around. Just had to get some snaps. Last year I caught a green one. This one is almost entirely black.
Dogday Harvestfly (Tibicen canicularis)
Description : 1 1/8 - 1 1/4" (27-33 mm), wingspam to 3 1/4" (82 mm). Black with green markings. Wings clear green along rear 1/2 of fore wing margin.
Habitat : Coniferous and mixed woods.
Range : Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Food : Adult is not known to eat. Nymph feeds on root juices, especially pine.
Sound : A powerful call that sounds like a circular saw cutting through a board.
Life Cycle : Nymphs take 3 years before maturing to adult. A new generation hatches each summer in the same area.
Since this cicada disappears from mixed forests soon after all the pines are eradicated, it probably feeds on pine roots. It is seen during the hot, "dog days" of summer, hence its common name.
