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Common cicadas of New Hampshire (NH):
Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841) aka Dog-day Cicada
Neotibicen lyricen lyricen (De Geer, 1773) aka Lyric Cicada
Okanagana canadensis (Provancher, 1889) aka Canadian Cicada
Okanagana rimosa rimosa (Say, 1830) aka Say’s Cicada
Name and Location References:
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names & locations: BugGuide.net; iNaturalist.com; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; my personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- List of species with MAPs: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF] by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips. Download it once; treasure it forever.
6 replies on “Common cicadas of New Hampshire”
A cicada perched on my shoulder outside (in Madison, NH)–then flew off inside the house. I tried to catch it and finally did the next day. I released it and it flew off. The wings made a clattery sound like dragonflies’ wings. It looked like the cicadas I saw in PA, but didn’t have the red eyes.
Just saw, and heard, my first cicada in Conway! Got a quick look at it on a post. It looked shiny black in the sun. Followed it and recorded the sound it makes. I think there may have been one other about 200 feet away, but that’s it. Beautiful breezy 80-degree day. 11:30 AM.
Saw a cicada above treeline on Mt Adams yesterday afternoon (9/11/22). The weather was warm and sunny, especially for this location this time of year. It immediately flushed from its spot on a rock so I wasn’t able to identify which species.
Just heard a drowning noise above my head in the trees and I looked it up on the site; I’m in Southern New Hampshire
Hi! I live in NH & your site reads that we get 4 different cicadas. Do they emerge all at once or does each group emerge on different years? Thank you!
The Okanangana should be around June-July and the Neotibicen from July-August.