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Common cicadas of Quebec (QC):
Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841) aka Dog-day Cicada
Okanagana canadensis (Provancher, 1889) aka Canadian Cicada
Okanagana rimosa rimosa (Say, 1830) aka Say’s Cicada
Name and Location References:
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names & locations: BugGuide.net; iNaturalist.com; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; my personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- List of species with MAPs: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF] by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips. Download it once; treasure it forever.
2 replies on “Cicadas of Quebec, Canada”
Are Quebec cicadas annual or periodical
Annual. Some Okanagana species exhibit proto-periodical behavior in that they’ll all emerge at once due to a particular stimulus (like a lot of rain) but I think Okanagana canadensis & rimosa are out every year.