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The Top American Sites

North America

North American Cicada Sites

These sites contain information about both periodical and annual cicada species:

  1. Insect Singers. A new site from David Marshall and Kathy Hill featuring dozens of cicada song samples from North America.AUDIO
  2. Cicada Central (uconn.edu) One of the premier cicada sites. Many pictures, maps and information. Superb Magicicada information. PHOTOS MAPS
  3. The Songs of Insects is a website for the book The Songs of Insects, but it contains many excellent cicada photos and sound files. PHOTOS AUDIO (11/11/12)
  4. Singing Insects of North America (ufl.edu) A large site featuring lists of North American species and audio files. PHOTOS
  5. Bug Guide (bugguide.net) A massive site devoted insect identification, including an abundance of cicada photos and information. You'll find Cacama, Diceroprocta, Magicicada (Periodical Cicadas), Neocicada, Neoplatypedia, Okanagana, Pacarina, Platypedia, Tibicen, Beameria and Okanagodes. Bug Guide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology. PHOTOS
  6. Massachusetts Cicadas (www.masscic.org) tremendous cicada site packed with information and photos. Dozens of pages of information. Tibicens, Magicicada, Cicada Killer wasps. PHOTOS
  7. The University of Michigan Cicada Pages (ummz.lsa.umich.edu) The premier North America cicada site, until Cicada Central came around. Magicicada, Tibicen, Okanagana, Diceroprocta. PHOTOS AUDIO MAPS
  8. Gene Kritsky's Web Site (msj.edu) Gene Kritsky is one of the worlds foremost cicada researchers. Book him for your next cicada event.
  9. Cicadas of the Mid-Atlantic (cicadas.info) Sighting information for Magicicada and annual cicadas in the Mid-Atlantic region. Yearly cicada reports are available. PHOTOS
  10. Cicada Hunt (saltthesandbox.org) Lots of information and photos. Cicada Hunt is a great site for families interested in cicada hunting and study. PHOTOS
  11. Checklist of Cicadas of Kansas (windsofkansas.com) A list of species you'll find in Kansas, references, photos and illustrations. PHOTOS ILLUSTRATIONS
  12. Arizona Homoptera (bugs.bio.nau.edu) a long list of cicada species living in Arizona, with many large, high-quality pictures. PHOTOS
  13. Guide d'identification d'insectes du Quebec (lesinsectesduquebec.com) En Francais. Canicularis and Okanagana rimosa info and photos. PHOTOS AUDIO
  14. Professor Paul S. Boyer's Cicada page (fdu.edu) Features Magicicada photos, information and audio files. ILLUSTRATIONS AUDIO
  15. Homoptera: cicadas, hoppers, & aphids (ltreadwell.ifas.ufl.edu) Information about the Homoptera order, photos and illustrations. PHOTOS ILLUSTRATIONS
  16. Insect Images (insectimages.org) About 150 North American cicada photos, including Magicicada, Tibicen, Okanagana, and Cacama. PHOTOS
  17. Gordon's Cicada Page (earthlife.net) A photo and about 10 printed pages worth of solid cicada information. PHOTOS

Magicicada

  1. Magicicada.org is devoted to monitoring emergences and providing Magicicada information.
  2. Periodical Cicada (biosurvey.ou.edu) A few photos. PHOTOS
  3. Periodical Cicada (umassgreeninfo.org) Many nice photos depicting the cicada's life cycle, and good information. PHOTOS
  4. Do cicadas spend seven years underground before emerging? (straightdope.com) No, it's 17, but this article points this fact out nicely.
  5. Periodical Cicadas (biology.clc.uc.edu) A fun and informative periodical cicada page with many excellent photos, recipes and 19 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  6. Return of the Cicada! Serious information mixed with humor and silly illustrations. (whyfiles.org) PHOTOS ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. Forestry images, periodical cicada (forestryimages.org) 52 Magicicada photos! PHOTOS
  8. Lake County Forrest Preserve Cicada site (lcfpd.org)
  9. Seventeen Year Cicada (seventeenyearcicada.com) Dozens of Magicicada photos and info. PHOTOS

Tibicen

  1. Annual Cicadas of Arkansas (angelfire.com) Photos and information about Tibicen robinsonianus (formerly T. robinsoniana), Tibicen dorsatus (formerly T. dorsata), Tibicen pruinosus (formerly T. pruinosa), Tibicen lyricen, Tibicen davisi, Tibicen auletes, & Tibicen aurifera. PHOTOS
  2. Insect Order Homoptera: Cicadas, Planthoppers, Aphids and Scale Insects (cirrusimage.com) Tibicen linnei and Tibicen canicularis photos. PHOTOS
  3. Dogday Harvestfly, Tibicen canicularis (cogsci.indiana.edu) A photo and a paragraph of information. PHOTOS

Quesada

  1. Giant Cicada / Chicharra Grande (texasento.net) Quesada gigas photo, information, audio files and a map. Check out the Texas Cicada Checklist as well. PHOTOS AUDIO MAP
  2. A nice photo of a Quesada gigas PHOTOS

Melampsalta

  1. Melampsalta calliope PHOTOS
  2. Melampsalta floridensis, the Little Green Cicada PHOTOS

Diceroprocta

  1. Apache cicada, Diceroprocta apache (fireflyforest.net) A photo and 3 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  2. This page features a summary of the Diceroprocta species

Cacama

  1. cactus dodger, Cacama valvata (forestryimages.org) Two photos. PHOTOS
  2. Insects: the Gang of Billions: Cacama valvata (sasionline.org) A photo and a paragraph of information. PHOTOS

Okanagana

  1. Substrate vibrations during acoustic signaling in the cicada Okanagana rimosa (insectscience.org) ILLUSTRATIONS AUDIO
  2. Bug Facts Cicada (Okanagana spp.) (royalalbertamuseum.ca) A nice photo of an Okanagana, 7 paragraphs of information, and a sound file. AUDIO PHOTOS
  3. Walking cicada, Okanagana synodica (forestryimages.org) A nice photo. PHOTOS

Platypedia

  1. Colorado State Univerity Extension cicada page (colostate.edu) Includes a picture of Putnam's cicada and a paragraph of information within 3 pages of various information about cicadas. PHOTOS

International

Australia

  1. The cicadas of central eastern Australia features an abundance of cicada information, photos and maps PHOTOS MAPS. (added 11/11/12)
  2. CSIRO Cicadidae (ento.csiro.au) Dozens of specimen photos organized by scientific name, including location information too. PHOTOS
  3. Brisbane Cicadas (brisbaneinsects.com) One of the best Australian cicada sites. Features pages for the following cicadas Brown Bunyip, Razor Grinder, Bladder Cicada, Floury Baker, Thin-striped Wattle Cicada, Small Bottle. Many photos and some audio files. PHOTOS AUDIO
  4. Narelle Power's Cicada Photos (pbase.com) About a dozen photos, including Cicadetta oldfieldi (Wattle), Tamasa tristigma (Brown Bunyip), Psaltoda harrisii (Yellow Belly). PHOTOS
  5. Scribbly Gum's The Summer of Signing Cicadas (abc.net.au) Many beautiful photos and fantastic information. PHOTOS
  6. Morwell National Park Online (morwellnp.pangaean.net) Photos of Cicadetta abdominalis/Grasshopper firetail, Cicadetta denisoni/Black firetail, Cyclochila australasiae/Greengrocer, Pauropsalta rubristrigata/Great montane squeaker. PHOTOS
  7. Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges - Cicadas (rainforest-australia.com) Several photos and many lists of cicada facts. Tropical North Queensland, Australia. PHOTOS
  8. AusEmade Cicada (ausemade.com.au) An abundance of cicada information including photos and a chart that tells you where you can find cicadas by scientific and common names. PHOTOS

Brazil

  1. Cigarras do Brasil - Brazilian Cicadas photos and information about the cicadas of Brazil. PHOTOS (added 11/11/12)

England

  1. Species Action Plan: New Forest Cicada (Cicadetta montana) (ukbap.org.uk) A photo and about ten paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  2. Welcome to the New Forest Cicada Project (added 11/11/12)

France

  1. La cigale : un insecte vraiment étonnant ! Lots of text content, photos and video. PHOTOS

Japan

  1. Cicadae in Japan (nifty.com) An excellent resource, including a list of Japanese cicadas, dozens of photos and audio files. AUDIO PHOTOS
  2. Japanese cicada photos and sounds (nat-museum.sanda.hyogo.jp) Photos and audio files for 27 cicadas. PHOTOS AUDIO
  3. Cicada stamps and sculptures from Japan and elsewhere (asahi-net.or.jp) PHOTOS
  4. Japanese insect pictures (mus-nh.city.osaka.jp) Many cicada photos! PHOTOS

New Zealand

  1. New Zealand Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae): A virtual identification guide (landcareresearch.co.nz) A wonderful web site. Includes a visual identification guide, checklist, and image gallery. Photos of dozens of species. PHOTOS
  2. Suzy's World Cicada page (suzy.co.nz) Fun, kid-friendly presentation of cicada information. PHOTOS
  3. Introducing cicadas (teara.govt.nz) Photos, sounds and 4 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS AUDIO
  4. New Zealand cicadas (troutbum.co.nz) Large photos of Kikihia and Amphipsalta. PHOTOS
  5. Mating pairs of cicadas and Cicada adults (hortnet.co.nz) Photos of Amphipsalta cingulata, Kikihia horologium, Notopsalta sericea, Amphipsalta. PHOTOS
  6. Cicada Central: New Zealand (uconn.edu) Cicada Central's New Zealand cicada pages. PHOTOS MAPS

Slovenia

  1. SONGS OF CICADAS from Slovenia and Istria (Croatia) (arnes.si) Many cicada photos, sound files and about six paragraphs of information. Prof.dr. Matija Gogala. PHOTOS AUDIO

Asia

  1. Bug Bios: Cicada in Chinese Folklore (insects.org) Photos of Chinese art and 20 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  2. Korean cicada photos (animalpicturesarchive.com) Korean Horse cicada, Korean grass cicada, Korean blackish cicada. PHOTOS
  3. Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas! (pms-lj.si) Photos and many sound files. PHOTOS AUDIO
  4. Cicada sounds of Borneo (groms.de) Sound files and information. AUDIO

Europe

  1. Songs of European Cicadas. Nice site with images and audio. PHOTOS AUDIO
  2. A photo of a Lyristes plebejus the "Siesta breaker"
  3. A photo of a Tibicina haematodes
  4. A photo of a Lyristes plebejus

Central America

Assorted International

  1. Yahoo! Entomology-Cicadidae Group A Yahoo! Group for discussion of cicadas.
  2. Cicadas: Zoology (infochembio.ethz.ch) Dozens of links to cicada photos and information (sort of like this page). PHOTOS
  3. Spanish Wikipedia page (es.wikipedia.org) Photos and information. PHOTOS
  4. Insect Music (birdnature.com) General information. Mentions an East Indian cicada.
  5. Cicadas in Ancient Greece (insects.org) Several photos of Greek art, and 28 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  6. Flickr has over 10,000 cicada photos (about 11 times the amount on this site). PHOTOS

Buy Cicadas

  1. Shop My-Bugs.com for nicely framed cicadas. PHOTOS
  2. BugsDirectUK.com: Insects breeders Good basic information from the UK. PHOTOS
  3. Insect Sale Dried insects from around the world. PHOTOS
  4. God of Insects: worth visiting for the photos. PHOTOS
  5. The Bone Room sells preserved cicada specimens.

Cicada Books

  1. A monograph of oriental cicadidae. Download the PDF or HTML version.
  2. Marlatt’s The periodical cicada: an account of Cicada septendecim, its natural enemies and the means of preventing its injury… (PDF) or same document on Archive.org (archive.org) (added 11/11/12)
  3. North American cicadas (1921) by Davis, William T. (William Thompson), 1862-1945 (archive.org) (added 11/11/12)
  4. All cicada texts on archive.org (added 11/11/12)
  5. All cicada texts on naldc.nal.usda.gov (added 11/11/12)
  6. Tim McNary's Bibliography of the Cicadoidea (added 11/11/12)
  7. Cicada: Exotic Views
  8. The Plague and the Puzzle by Gene Kritsky
  9. See many more on our Cicada Books page

Cicada Goods

  1. Classy cicada gifts including fabrics, postcards, ceramic cicadas (lepinparasol.com)
  2. Cicada and insect t-shirts (sasquatchdesigns.com) from Sasquatch designs.
  3. T-shirts, Mugs and other cicada merchandise

General Cicada Information

  1. ITIS has massive listings of cicada species names with mentions of papers that mention the cicadas. Invaluable resource. (added 11/11/12)
  2. What's that Bug (whatsthatbug.com) Another insect identification site, but this one has an international focus. Many cicada photos. PHOTOS.
  3. Insectclopedia: a large portal of insect links for the purpose of insect research.
  4. Classic Nature Prints (classicnatureprints.com) A nice cicada illustration. ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. Dave's Garden: Order: Homoptera, Family: Cicadidae (davesgarden.com) About 13 cicada photos from around the world. PHOTOS
  6. Interesting Facts About Cicadas (insectvista.com)

Tom eats a cicada
Tom: Cicada Gormandize.

Cicada Fossils

  1. Stone Lace: Fossil Specimens (cumuseum.colorado.edu) Photos of cicada fossils, and information. PHOTOS

Cicada Killer Wasp links (cicada killer wasps are the cicada's mortal enemy)

  1. Prof. Chuck Holliday's Cicada-Killer Page (lafayette.edu) An abundance of information, photos and video. PHOTOS

Select sites with links to CicadaMania.com

  1. Elizabeth McGrath: U.S.A. based artist.
  2. Laura Imbruglia: Aussie singer/songwriter.
  3. Death Cab for Cutie: U.S. rock band.
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