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Tibicen linnei
The song of Tibicen linnei is often described as being a loud, high-pitched whine much like like a power saw cutting wood. This is interesting, considering "Tibicen" in Latin means "flute" It lasts for several seconds before fading away at the end of the noise. Common habitats are mixed and deciduous woods in Canada and the Eastern United States. Nymphs and adults of the species commonly feed on the saps of trees.
Common habitats are mixed and deciduous woods in Canada and the Eastern United States. Nymphs of the species commonly feed on pine juice and the roots of pine and oak, while the adults are not known to eat at all.
This guy let me pick him up and was very docile!
Thank you so much for the additional information and correction. Another example which shows that Wikipedia is not a viable resource in itself. Thanks again, I've fixed the information.
I do not know where the "adults do not feed' idea comes from, but they do!
Cicadas here in the eastern USA incl. Tibicen, Diceroprocta, Neocicada, Cicadetta, Pacarina, Cacama, & Magicicada species all feed (or at least drink from living host plants). If denied access to a food/sap source, they die within a day or 2. If provided with a "food source" many can live in captivity for a month or so!
T. linnei like other Tibicen species uses its beak to access fluids from twigs and branches. Most agree that water, sugars and micronutrients are essential to adult cicadas and without them, they can not survive long at all. It has also been observed that most do not seem to reach complete reproductive maturity and pruinosity unless given a "food source".
Bill, thank you very much for your input. It is greatly appreciated to have ID help from such an expert! :)
Note the strongly bowed wing shape!
Please compare T. linnei (http://bugguide.net/node/view/32143) with T. canicularis (http://bugguide.net/node/view/12461)
Thanks António! I am sure of it as well! I can't wait to see more of your beautiful spottings! Thanks again for all those kind words! :D
your are welcome Jgorneau,i'am sure that we will establish a great friendship :) i like your entusiasm,it's that the spirit of this all project,to unit people arround the world put them in contact to document and influenced the way sociaty see the man versus nature relations,so see you arround my friend :)
António, thank you for your extremely courteous comment. You've made my day! I cannot thank you enough for the kind words you have said! Thanks for complimenting my collection as a whole! Thanks so much; I have worked very much, as I am sure many others have, to compile a spotting page to the best of my abilities. Thanks to the whole Project Noah community, too, for their great loads of appreciation and support! Thank you again for you comment, and I must say your collection is greatly amazing! Thanks again for making my day! I hope this is the beginning of a great friendship! :)
Jgorneau,fantastic spotting,great work,you nhave a awesome spotting page,thanks for sharing,congrats
Spotted on Aug 3, 2011
Submitted on Mar 28, 2012
