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  • "Tibicen" was, of course, not a violin, but species of pipe among the ancients; the Egyptians were not famous for their performances upon this instrument, if they were acquainted with the "tibicen" at all.

    Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852

  • This cicada I photographed last summer has finally been identified on BugGuide. net as Tibicen tibicen or T. chloromera or T. davisi.

    Archive 2009-03-01 AYDIN 2009

  • This cicada I photographed last summer has finally been identified on BugGuide.net as Tibicen tibicen or T. chloromera or T. davisi.

    Multifarious gallimaufry of odds and ends AYDIN 2009

  • The near-eradication of Bermuda cedar in the 1940s led to extinction of two associated endemic insects, the cicada Tibicen bermudiana, and the geometrical moth Semiothisa ochrifascia.

    Bermuda subtropical conifer forests 2007

  • During a halt in the action of the _Ps. _ (573) we are graciously informed: Tibicen vos interibi hic delectaverit.

    The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916

  • As you have indicated, many species look similar, and because we like the name, we often identify Annual Cicadas in the genus Tibicen as Dog Day Harvestflies, though that name should only apply to Tibicen canicularis, which typically ranges farther north (see BugGuide).

    What's That Bug? 2010

  • This is one of the Annual Cicadas in the genus Tibicen.

    What's That Bug? 2010

  • This cicada I photographed last summer has finally been identified on BugGuide. net as Tibicen tibicen or T. chloromera or T. davisi.

    SNAIL'S TALES 2009

  • Multa tulit fecitque puer: liidavit et alfit; fhj Abflinuit Venere et Bacchb; qui Py thia cantat Tibicen, didicit prius, extimuitque magtftrum.

    The Works of Horace 1780

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