Northern Dog-day Cicada

Neotibicen canicularis

The Northern Dog-day Cicada is a loud, buzzing insect that loves to sing on hot summer days. They have big eyes and can be found resting on trees and shrubs.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Northern Dog-day Cicada has a robust, blackish body with distinctive pale yellowish or greenish markings on its thorax and abdomen. Its clear, membranous wings feature prominent greenish veins, making it visually distinct from other cicadas with darker wing venation or different body patterns.

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Northern Dog-day Cicada

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Insectos

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Common

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Datos interesantes

Adult cicadas live for only a few weeks, but their whole life lasts years!

Cicadas shed their skin, leaving behind empty 'ghosts' clinging to trees!

Some cicada songs are loud enough to be heard over a mile away!

They drink tree sap using a straw-like mouthpart, all day long!

Habilidades especiales

Northern Dog-day Cicada can produce an incredibly loud, buzzing song because of specialized organs called tymbals that help them attract mates.

Northern Dog-day Cicada has a long nymphal stage, spending years underground because this helps them feed safely on tree root sap.

Northern Dog-day Cicada can pierce tree branches with its straw-like proboscis because this helps them extract nutrient-rich sap.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 50-70 mm
Tamaño: 25-35 mm
Esperanza de vida: 730-1825 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 15 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

These herbivores drink nutrient-rich sap from the xylem of trees and shrubs using a special straw-like mouthpart.

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs feed on tree root sap underground; adults feed on sap from branches and twigs above ground.

Alimentos principales

tree sap
shrub sap
xylem fluid

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

depends on

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

provides sap for food

depends on

White Oak

Quercus alba

nymphs feed on roots, adults on branches

eaten by

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

readily preys on adult cicadas

eaten by

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

adult cicadas are a food source

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Canto

Los animales cantores producen vocalizaciones complejas, a menudo con el propósito de atraer parejas, defender el territorio o comunicarse dentro de su especie.