Cicada Journals July 21, 2007
July 21, 2007 - Tibicen chloromera in Connecticut
As I do every year, today, I went to Connecticut to check out areas where last year and the year before, I have heard T. chloromera in areas of Connecticut where they just shouldn't be. I must've gone too early because while I heard some in the areas that I frequent, I just wasn't hearing the numbers like last year. I will definately have to go back a few more times before I give my final report for this year.
T. canicularis Female Found While Eclosing - Suffield CT
One of the places I frequent is a cemetery on Hill Street in Suffield, CT. Today as I was walking around, I found a T. canicularis female just completing the eclose process. It was around 12:30 pm. See if you're determined, you can find cicadas molting during all times of the day. So in the end, this trip really wasn't wasted. I already had two species of Cicadas from Connecticut, one T. lyricen and one T. chloromera now I can add a third, T. canicularis. Of course, Connecticut still has other species as well. There are T. auletes, T. linnei, O. rimosa and Periodical Cicadas and I'm sure there are more. I'd love to get a few specimens of those as well :)
Cicadas from Western United States
As previously posted in an earlier update, I promised to post some close up photos of some cicadas that my friend and colleague Tim McNary sent to me from out west. Pretty much all of these can be found in the western part of the US so I thought it would be cool for others in the east to see what other genera of cicadas look like since we mostly have Tibicens here. Just click the thumbnails for an enlarged view.
Okanagana synodica
Species Details:
Sex: Male
Date collected: July 2, 1978
State: Montana
Town: Ashland
Collector: Tim McNary
Comments: Collected on Mixed Grass Prairie
Platypedia mariposa
Species Details:
Sex: Male
Date collected: June 15, 1999
State: California
County: El Dorado
Town: El Dorado Hills
Location: Salmon Falls Rd at Sweetwater Creek
Collector: Tim McNary
Comments: Collected on Manzanita & other bushes
Okanagana bella
Species Details:
Sex: Male
Date collected: June 26, 1989
State: Wyoming
County: Washakie
Town:
Location: Big Trails
Collector: J.E. Larsen
Comments:
Tibicinoides (Okanagana) hesperia
Species Details:
Sex: Male
Date collected: July 14, 1991
State: Wyoming
County: Washakie
Town: Worland
Location: 10 Miles East
Collector: Tim McNary
Comments: Singing from Sagebrush
Diceroprocta eugraphica
Species Details:
Sex: Male
Date collected:June 20, 1988
State: Arizona
County: Chochise
Town: Portal
Location: 4 Miles East
Collector: Tim McNary
Comments: On mesquite shrubs
Cacama valvata
Species Details:
Sex: female
Date collected:June 20, 1988
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
Town: Portal
Location: 4 Miles East
Collector: Tim McNary
Comments: On mesquite shrubs
Beameria venosa
Species Details:
Sex: Male
Date collected:June 19, 1987
State: Texas
County:
Town: El Paso
Location: Franklin Mountains
Collector: Tim McNary
Comments: On grasses in foothills
Other Tibicen Species
These next two specimens while not known to be in New England, were given by Professor Chuck Holliday of Lafayette University in Pennsylvania. I help Chuck out with his work on Cicada Killers. These two specimens I believe were brought in by Cicada Killer females.
Tibicen resh
Species Details:
Sex: Female
Date collected:
State: Texas
County: Angelina
TownLufkin
Location:
Collector:Marissa Phillips
Comments: ID Determined by A. Sanborn
Tibicen Winnemana
Species Details:
Sex: Female
Date collected: August, 2006
State: Virginia
County: Richmond
Town: Ind. City
Location:
Collector: Cary Board
Comments: ID determined by A. Sanborn
