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title: "Tibicen canicularis"
description: "Neotibicen canicularis — Insetos e aranhas. Neotibicen canicularis, commonly called the dog-day cicada, dog-day harvestfly, or heatbug, is a species of annual cicada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/northern-dog-day-cicada
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tibicen canicularis

> Neotibicen canicularis — Insetos e aranhas. Neotibicen canicularis, commonly called the dog-day cicada, dog-day harvestfly, or heatbug, is a species of annual cicada.

- Scientific name: *Neotibicen canicularis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 24454
- Wikidata: [Q3528108](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3528108)
- iNaturalist taxon: [469238](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469238)

## Names

- en: Northern Dog-day Cicada
- de: Tibicen canicularis
- es: Tibicen canicularis
- fr: Cigale caniculaire
- it: Tibicen canicularis
- nl: Tibicen canicularis
- pt: Tibicen canicularis
- pl: Tibicen canicularis

## Countries with the most observations

CA (4937), US (2761)

## Summary

Neotibicen canicularis, commonly called the dog-day cicada, dog-day harvestfly, or heatbug, is a species of annual cicada.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-day_cicada

## Photo

![Tibicen canicularis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-dog-day-cicada/medium.jpg)

Photo: Spencer Quayle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171126007

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-dog-day-cicada?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).