2008-07-11

Dog-Day Cicadas

Tibicen canicularis, Dog-Day Cicada, in my backyard last fall.
Dog-day cicada - Tibicen canicularis

So, we never got any Brood XIV Magicicada this year, but I just heard my first dog-day cicada of the summer.

I'll be looking for their exit holes in the ground, and the husks they leave behind from their metamorphosis.

First Cicada Molt of 2007

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1 comment:

DarkHeart said...

Thanks for the photo! I have only seen a cicada's outer shell once it has been shed, but I certainly love to listen to their evening concerts in the trees!