Common cicadas of Pennsylvania (PA)
All cicadas appear every year, unless otherwise noted.
Magicicada cassinii (Fisher, 1852) aka Cassini Periodical Cicada or 17-Year Cicada
These cicadas will next emerge in 2021 (Brood X), 2025 (Brood XIV), 2030 (Brood II), 2033 (Brood V), 2036 (Brood XIII). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.
Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Decim Periodical Cicada or Linnaeus’s 17-Year Cicada or 17-Year Cicada
These cicadas will next emerge in 2021 (Brood X), 2025 (Brood XIV), 2030 (Brood II), 2033 (Brood V), 2036 (Brood XIII). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.
Magicicada septendecula Alexander and Moore, 1962 aka Decula Periodical Cicdada or 17-Year Cicada
These cicadas will next emerge in 2021 (Brood X), 2025 (Brood XIV), 2030 (Brood II), 2033 (Brood V), 2036 (Brood XIII). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.
Neotibicen davisi davisi (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka Davis’ Southeastern Dog-Day Cicada
Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti (Davis, 1910) aka Dark Lyric Cicada
Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus (Say, 1825) aka Scissor(s) Grinder
Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 aka Robinson’s Annual Cicada or Robinson’s Cicada
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Swamp Cicada, Morning Cicada
Neotibicen winnemanna (Davis, 1912) aka Eastern Scissor(s) Grinder
Related articles
- Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania Magicicada Emergence Gallery
- Brood VIII will emerge in 2019 in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia
- Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania Magicicada Emergence
- My Brood VIII Report
- Periodical cicada Brood X (10) will emerge in 15 states in 2021
- Periodical cicada Brood XIV (14) will emerge in 2025 in Thirteen States
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.
