{"id":1236,"date":"2025-07-22T19:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:33:57","slug":"dog-day-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/dog-day-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dog-day&#8217; Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>&#8216;Dog-day&#8217; Cicada (<em>Neotibicen canicularis<\/em>)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>GDD Window (base 50): 1500 (approx.) adult emergece<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h4><strong>Overview:<\/strong>\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Often overlooked because periodical cicadas are more publicized\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Emerge early July and die by mid-September\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Can be heard throughout NJ singing their \u201celectric buzz-saw&#8221; screams\u00a0\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Screams are not synchronized, and less loud than periodical cicadas\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Each male sings for 15 seconds\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Less dense populations than periodical cicadas\u00a0\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"2\">2\u20133-year life cycles:\u00a0Emergence is\u00a0not synchronized, and so some will emerge every year\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Mated females use their ovipositors to insert eggs through the bark of small terminal twigs on trees\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Females create slits in the twigs to deposit their eggs\u00a0\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Causes flagging \u2013 twigs and small branches turn brown and wither before dying back\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Splits and punctures in the branches can appear as straight lines or rows of puncture marks\u00a0\u00a0\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Can cause broken branches\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Nymphs feeding on roots can weaken or stunt plant growth\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Look for shed exoskeletons on trees and other surfaces\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"13\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span class=\"LineBox SCXP220762025 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXP220762025 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP220762025 BCX0\"><strong>Host plants:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXP220762025 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP220762025 BCX0\">A variety of woody plants, including <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP220762025 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP220762025 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP220762025 BCX0\">common trees &amp;\u00a0shrubs<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Management:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Cultural Practices:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Natural predators:<\/span><\/b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>cicada killer wasps (Sphecius\u00a0speciosus)<span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">, birds, bats, spiders, <\/span>mantises, rodents\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Protect young trees and shrubs with netting or cheesecloth\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Delay planting new trees until cicada season is over\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Prune and remove damaged twigs within three weeks of egg laying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Contact insecticides:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Carbamates [1A]: Carbaryl\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1170\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Pyrethroids [3]: &#8211;<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">thrins<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Organophosphates [1B]: <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Chlorpyrifos<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Considerations:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Will harm non-target species<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Biorationals:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Horticultural oils<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Insecticidal soaps<span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Water<span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\" data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\"> and vinegar solution<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">1 cup vinegar to 4 cups water\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu\/dog-day-cicadas-are-still-singing-but-cicada-killer-wasps-arent-fans\/#more-27878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dog-Day Cicadas Are Still Singing, but Cicada Killer Wasps Aren\u2019t Fans &#8211; PPA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1237\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1237\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc3-dog-day-cicada-tree-trunk-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc3-dog-day-cicada-tree-trunk-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc3-dog-day-cicada-tree-trunk.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Full side view of the dog-day cicada showing the black eyes &amp; dark green body coloration plus the clear wings with green veins. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1238\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1238\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc5-emerging-adult-cicada-exoskeleton-Britanica-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc5-emerging-adult-cicada-exoskeleton-Britanica-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc5-emerging-adult-cicada-exoskeleton-Britanica.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult dog-day cicada emerging from final nymphal molt. Most adults arrived during the weeks of July. (Photo Credit: Britannica)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1239\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1239\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc6-dogday-cicada-pupal-skins-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc6-dogday-cicada-pupal-skins-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc6-dogday-cicada-pupal-skins.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matured dog-day nymphs leave the ground &amp; will often climb the tree trunk above the roots they fed upon. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1240\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1240\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc7-dog-day-cicada-exoskeleton-upclose-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc7-dog-day-cicada-exoskeleton-upclose-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc7-dog-day-cicada-exoskeleton-upclose.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of dog-day cicada exoskeleton vacated by the adult. Sometimes it can remain attached to tree trunks for weeks. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1241\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc1-dog-day-cicada-within-pine-tree-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc1-dog-day-cicada-within-pine-tree-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc1-dog-day-cicada-within-pine-tree.jpg 659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog-day cicadas are tree dwellers &amp; can be found on many tree species. Males will often be found singing in pines trees where they are difficult to spot. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1242\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1242\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc2-dog-day-cicada-adult-in-tree-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc2-dog-day-cicada-adult-in-tree-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc2-dog-day-cicada-adult-in-tree.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog-day cicadas have dark green heads &amp; black eyes. The green wing-veins blend-in well with the pine needles. The pair of vibrating tymbals, hidden by the wings, are located just behind where each hind-wing is attached. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1243\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1243\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc21-dog-day-with-infected-tympals-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc21-dog-day-with-infected-tympals-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc21-dog-day-with-infected-tympals.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The approximate location of the pair of tymbals on this male are where the white fungal infections are shown just behind the hind-wing attachment at the 1st abdominal segment. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1244\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1244\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc19-Dog-Day-ovipositor-probosis-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc19-Dog-Day-ovipositor-probosis-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc19-Dog-Day-ovipositor-probosis.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The whitish underbelly of this female dog-day cicada clearly shows the ovipositor out of the abdomen at left &amp; the proboscis out of the head at right. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1246\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1246\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc20-cicada-killer-dragging-dog-day-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc20-cicada-killer-dragging-dog-day-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/ccc20-cicada-killer-dragging-dog-day.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This re-enactment shows the cicada killer wasp dragging its paralyzed cicada over the soil mound &amp; into the nesting burrow. (Photo Credit: Steven K. 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