There are over 3,390 species of cicadas in the world1. The species on this site represent a fraction of those. Start your journey by choosing a regional link below.
U.S and Canada specific guides:
- Common cicadas of the United States and Canada, includes photos, songs & locations.
- Davis’ Key to Species of the Genus Tibicen found in the Southeastern United States. Works for Northeast and Midwest too.
- 17 & 13 Year Periodical Cicadas, Broods, photos, songs and information.
- North American Cicada Websites.
North American Cicada pages that feature cicada calls:
- Beameria venosa aka Aridland Cicada
May-August. AZ, AR, CO, IA, KS, MO, NE, NM, OK, TX, UT - Beameria wheeleri
May-July. AZ, NM - Cacama valvata aka Common Cactus Dodger
May-June. AZ, CA, CO, KS, NV, NM, OK, TX, UT - Cicadettana calliope calliope aka Southern Grass Cicada
June-August. AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NE, NC, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA - Cicadettana camerona
.May-June. TX - Cicadettana kansa
May-June. AZ, CO, KS, LA, NE, NM, OK, TX - Cicadettana texana
May-June. TX - Clidophleps vagans
May-June. AZ, CA, NV - Cornuplura nigroalbata
AZ - Diceroprocta apache aka Citrus Cicada
June-August. AZ, CA, CO, NV, UT - Diceroprocta arizona
June. AZ - Diceroprocta aurantiaca
June. NM, TX - Diceroprocta averyi
June. TX - Diceroprocta azteca aka Scrub Cicada
July-August. KS, OK, TX - Diceroprocta bequaerti
AL, AR, LA, MS, OK, TX - Diceroprocta biconica
FL, Cuba - Diceroprocta eugraphica
June-July. AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX - Diceroprocta knighti
June-July. AZ, Mexico - Diceroprocta marevagans
July-August. TX - Diceroprocta olympusa aka Olympic Scrub Cicada
June-July. AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC - Diceroprocta semicincta
June-July. AZ, NM - Diceroprocta swalei swalei
June. AZ - Diceroprocta texana
June-August. TX, NM - Diceroprocta vitripennis aka Green Winged Cicada
June-August. AL, AR, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MO, NE, OK, TN, TX, WI - Hadoa bifida
May-July. AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX, UT - Hadoa chiricahua
May-August. AZ, NM - Hadoa duryi
May-August. AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX, UT - Hadoa inaudita
June-August. AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX - Hadoa longiopercula
AZ - Hadoa parallela
July-September. AZ - Hadoa simplex
May-June. AZ - Hadoa texana
June-September. NM, OK, TX - Hadoa townsendii
May-June. AZ, NM, TX - Magicicada cassinii aka Cassini 17-Year Cicada*
May-June. GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV - Magicicada neotredecim*
May-June. AR, IA, IL, IN, KY, MO, TN - Magicicada septendecim aka Linnaeus’s 17-Year Cicada*
May-June. CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV - Magicicada septendecula*
May-June. GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, VA, WV - Magicicada tredecassini*
May-June. AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, VA - Magicicada tredecim*
May-June. AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, VA - Magicicada tredecula*
May-June. AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, VA - Megatibicen grossus aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada
June-October. AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI - Megatibicen cultriformis aka Grand Western Flood Plain Cicada
August-October. AZ, NM, CA - Megatibicen dealbatus aka Plains Cicada
June-September. CO, IA, KS, MT, NE, NM, ND, OK, SD, TX, WY - Megatibicen dorsatus aka Giant Grassland Cicada
July-September. AR, CO, ID, IL, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY - Megatibicen figuratus aka Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada
August-October. AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA - Megatibicen harenosus
August-September. NM, TX - Megatibicen pronotalis pronotalis
August-October. IA, MO, NE, ND, OK, SD - Megatibicen pronotalis walkeri aka Walker’s Cicada
August-October. AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NC, ND, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI, and WY - Megatibicen resh aka Resh Cicada
July-September. AR, KS, LA, MS, NE, OK, SC, TN, TX - Megatibicen resonans aka Southern Resonant Cicada
June-October. AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA - Megatibicen tremulus aka Cole’s Bush Cicada
June-September. CO, KS, NE, OK, TX - Neocicada chisos
April-May. TX - Neocicada hieroglyphica aka Hieroglyphic Cicada
May-August. AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA - Neocicada hieroglyphica johannis
May-July. FL - Neoplatypedia constricta
May-July. AZ, CA, CO, ID, NV, NM, OR, UT - Neotibicen auriferus aka Plains Dog-day Cicada
August-September. AR, KS, MO, NE, NM, OK, TX - Neotibicen canicularis aka Dog-day Cicada
July-September. AR, CT, DC, IL, IN, IA, KS, ME, MB, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NB, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, NS, OH, ON, PA, PE, QC, RI, SC, SD, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI - Neotibicen davisi aka Davis’ Southeastern Dog-Day Cicada
August-October. AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, LA, MD, MA, MS, NJ, NY, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV - Neotibicen latifasciatus aka Coastal Scissors Grinder Cicada
July-October. FL, MD, NJ, NC, VA - Neotibicen linnei aka Linne’s Cicada
July-September. AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, ON, PA, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI - Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti aka Dark Lyric Cicada
July-September. AL, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IN, IL, KY, MD, MA, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV - Neotibicen lyricen lyricen aka Lyric Cicada
June-August. AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, ON, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI - Neotibicen lyricen virescens aka Costal Lyric Cicada
June-October. FL, GA, NC, SC - Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus aka Scissors Grinder
June-October. AL, AR, CO, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, WV, WI - Neotibicen robinsonianus aka Robinson’s Cicada
June-October. AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MS, MO, NC, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI - Neotibicen similaris apalachicola
June-October. FL, AL, GA - Neotibicen similaris similaris aka Similar Dog-Day Cicada
June-October. AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC - Neotibicen superbus aka Superb Dog-Day Cicada
June-August. AR, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX - Neotibicen tibicen australis aka Southern Swamp Cicada
June-September. AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA - Neotibicen tibicen tibicen aka Morning Cicada
June-September. AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WV, WI - Neotibicen winnemanna aka Eastern Scissors Grinder
June-August. DE, DC, GA, MD, NC, NJ, PA, SC, VA - Okanagana balli**
June-July. IL, IA, KS, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI - Okanagana bella aka Mountain Cicada**
June-July. AB, AZ, BC, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY - Okanagana canadensis aka Canadian Cicada**
June-July. AB, BC, CA, CO, ID, ME, MB, MI, MN, MT, NB, NH, NY, NT, OH, ON, OR, PA, QC, SK, SD, UT, VT, WI - Okanagana fumipennis**
May-July. AZ, CO, NM, UT - Okanagana hesperia**
June-July. AZ, CA, CO, KS, MT, NE NV, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY - Okanagana rimosa rimosa aka Say’s Cicada**
May-July. AB, BC, CA, CT, ID, IL, IN, IA, ME, MB, MD, MA, MI, MN, MT, NV, NB, NH, NJ, NY, ND, OH, ON, OR, PA, QC, SD, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WY - Okanagana synodica synodica aka Walking Cicada**
June-July. AB, AZ, CA, CO, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, NM, ND, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WY - Okanagana utahensis**
May-July. AZ, BC, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA - Okanagana vanduzeei**
June-July. BC, CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA - Okanagana viridis aka Cotton Green Cicada**
June-July. AR, LA, MS, TX - Pacarina puella aka Little Mesquite Cicada
May-July. AZ, LA, OK, TX - Platypedia putnami putnami**
May-July. AZ, BC, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NV, NM, OR, SD, UT, WA,WY - Platypedia similis**
April-May. CA, OR - Quesada gigas (Olivier, 1790) aka Giant Cicada
April-June. TX, Mexico
*Magicicada are periodical cicadas, so you will only find them every 13 or 17 years.
** Okanagana and Platypedia are often proto-periodical, and do not appear every year, but they are not as predictable as periodical cicadas. Read Guessing at when the next Platypedia or Okanagana hatch will happen and Platypedia putnami survey at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space by Tim McNary.
Cicada by State:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Cicadas by Canadian Provence:
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan.
Northern Hemisphere:
Brunei, Cambodia, Cameron, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, England, Egypt, France, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vietnam, Venezuela
Equatorial:
Brazil, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Indonesia
Southern Hemisphere:
Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Fiji, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Africa, Solomon Islands, Zimbabwe
World Wide Cicada Websites:
- Japan: Cicadae in Japan
- Southeast Asia: Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas!
- Borneo: Cicada sounds of Borneo
- Australia: The cicadas of central-eastern Australia
- Europe: Songs of European Cicadas, SONGS OF CICADAS from Slovenia and Istria (Croatia)
- Brazil: Cigarras do Brasil
- Worldwide: BioAcoustica has many cicada songs, including Brevisiana brevis, the loudest cicada.
- Worldwide: Global Biodiversity Information Facility cicada database
- Which cicada is the loudest?
Periodical cicada forecasts:
There are two known species of periodical cicadas that are not Magicicada . One lives in Chremistica ribhoi in India and the other in Raiateana knowlesi in Fiji.
| YEAR! | Chremistica ribhoi in India | Raiateana knowlesi in Fiji | Magicicada in the U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Leap Year brood | Brood XIX, Brood XIII | |
| 2025 | YES | Brood XIV | |
| 2026 | World Cup brood | ||
| 2027 | Brood XXII | ||
| 2028 | Leap Year brood | Brood XXIII | |
| 2029 | Brood I | ||
| 2030 | World Cup brood | Brood II | |
| 2031 | Brood III | ||
| 2032 | Leap Year brood | Brood IV | |
| 2033 | YES | Brood V | |
| 2034 | World Cup brood | Brood VI | |
| 2035 | Brood VII | ||
| 2036 | Leap Year brood | Brood VIII | |
| 2037 | Brood IX, Brood XIX | ||
| 2038 | World Cup brood | Brood X | |
| 2039 | |||
| 2040 | Leap Year brood | ||
| 2041 | YES | Brood XIII |
Cicada Tribes 2:
Arenopsaltriini, Carinetini, Cicadatrini, Cicadettini, Cicadini, Cosmopsaltriini, Tacuini (Cryptotympanini), Cyclochilini, Dundubiini, Fidicinini, Gaeanini, Hyantiini, Lahudadini, Lamotialnini, Leptopsaltriini, Macrotristriini, Oncotympanini, Parnisini, Platypediini, Platypleurini, Polyneurini, Psaltodini, Psithyristriini, Sonatini, Talaingini, Taphurini, Tettigadini, Thophini, Tibicinini, Tosenini, Zammarini
Cicada Genera:
Afzeliada, Aleeta, Ambragaeana, Amphipsalta, Anapsaltoda, Angamiana, Antankaria, Arenopsaltria, Ariasa, Arunta, Auritibicen, Ayesha, Ayuthia, Balinta, Basa, Beameria, Becquartina, Berberigetta, Cacama, Calliopsida, Callogaeana, Calyria, Carineta, Champaka, Chlorocysta, Chonosia, Chremistica, Chrysolasia, Cicada, Cicadatra, Cicadetta, Cicadettana, Cicadmalleus, Clidophleps, Clinopsalta, Cornuplura, Cosmopsaltria, Cryptotympana, Cyclochila, Cystosoma, Daza, Derotettix, Diceroprocta, Diceropyga, Diemeniana, Distantalna, Dorachosa, Dorisiana, Dundubia, Euryphara, Euterpnosia, Fidicina, Fidicinoides, Formotosena, Gaeana, Graptopsaltria, Hadoa, Hamza, Haphsa, Hemisciera, Heteropsaltria, Hilaphura, Huechys, Hyalessa, Ioba, Kamalata, Kikihia, Koma, Kongota, Lahugada, Lembeja, Leptopsaltria, Lethama, Lyristes, Macrosemia, Macrotristria, Magicicada, Majeorona, Maoricicada, Mata, Maua, Megapomponia, Megatibicen, Meimuna, Miranha, Mogannia, Muansa, Munza, Myopsalta, Neocicada, Neoplatypedia, Neopsaltoda, Neotibicen, Odopoea, Okanagana, Okanagodes, Ollanta, Oncotympana, Orialella, Orientopsaltria, Pacarina, Pachypsaltria, Pauropsalta, Platylomia, Platypedia, Platypleura, Polyneura, Pomponia, Proarna, Procollina, Psaltoda, Psithyristria, Purana, Pycna, Quesada, Raiateana, Salvazana, Semia, Sulphogaeana, Tacua, Talainga, Tanna, Taona, Terpnosia, Tettigades, Tettigarcta, Tettigettalna, Thopha, Tibicen, Tibicina, Tibicinoides, Tosena, Trengganua, Tugelana, Tympanoterpes, Uhleroides, Umjaba, Yanga, Yezoterpnosia, Yoyetta, Zammara
1 The Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) by Allen F Sanborn. Academic Press. 14th November 2013.
2 Tribe information comes from: MARSHALL, DAVID C. et al.=A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification.Zootaxa, [S.l.], v. 4424, n. 1, p. 1-64, may 2018. ISSN 1175-5334. Available at: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4424.1.1.
18 replies on “Cicadas In the U.S.A, Canada, World-Wide, by Genus and Tribe”
This website opens a new world for me. I live in Suriname (South AMerica) with 93% forest cover. We probably may have new species here. It’s a challenge now for me, to lookout and seek help in identification. This website gives me a lot of information, to start with. Cheers.
That is great to hear. Suriname should have many of the same cicadas that neighboring countries like Guyana, French Guiana and Brazil have.
Perhaps some of these species.
Just requesting a slight correction. The country in South America is “Colombia” with the second vowel being an “o” and not “Columbia” with a “u”.
Otherwise an extremely informative website! Thank you!
Thanks! 😉
I have been reading about the 13 and 17 year cycle. Does this apply to Greece please?
@Jo Finn, not in Greece. There are plenty of cicadas in Greece, but none with long 13 or 17 year lifecycles.
I was in Crete in 2003. They were everywhere that summer! I’m not sure if it’s that way every year or if it was a brood that only comes up periodically. But we were warned they were coming so I think it was more cicadas than usual.
That I know of, Crete only has annual cicadas. Here’s some of the species that live there.
I am in Athens and there are SO many cicadas! Love hearing their song! I do not see a Greece section, what type of cicadas are these!?! I must know! I love their song! So loud!
It looks like these are the most common in Greece;
Ash Cicada (Cicada orni). Common throughout the Mediterranean region.
Black Sorrow Cicada (Cicadatra atra)
Common Cicada (Lyristes plebejus). Common throughout the Mediterranean region.
Cretan Cicada (Cicada cretensis)
East Aegean Cicada (Cicada mordoganensis)
Geminate Cicada (Lyristes gemellus)
Here’s a map from the website iNaturalist.
Wow this is a great resource
I have two small (smaller than the Magicicadia in the US) from the country of Georgia. Is there a generic key or somewhere to start to find out what it is?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
v/r, Scotty
@Lewis, Common cicadas of Georgia (GA). Cicadettana calliope calliope (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Grass Cicada maybe.
Plethora of information. Very very fascinating to have such a resource. Also have questions? Dan you super fast on rep once. Thank you.
Thanks for the wonderful website, what a great discovery.
Fascinating website – so happy to have found you!
I love cicadas
Wow! Who knew there was a website just for cicadas! This is amazing