{"id":14117,"date":"2020-04-09T19:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T02:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=14117"},"modified":"2025-07-06T11:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:49:39","slug":"neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen-linnaeus-1758-aka-morning-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen-linnaeus-1758-aka-morning-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Morning Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Neotibicen tibicen tibicen<\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Swamp Cicada or Morning Cicada. Morning because it sings in the morning. There is another sub-species of Neotibicen tibicen names <em>Neotibicen tibicen australis<\/em>. The key difference between the two is australis has a mostly green collar, while tibicen&#8217;s collar is black. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/roy-2004-15.jpg\" alt=\"Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Morning Cicada) photos by Roy Troutman\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/roy-2004-15.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/roy-2004-15-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/roy-2004-15-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto by Roy Troutman. Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ttt-abdomen.jpg\" alt=\"Female Neotibicen tibicen abdomen\" width=\"800\" height=\"1091\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ttt-abdomen.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ttt-abdomen-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ttt-abdomen-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ttt-abdomen-768x1047.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Photo by Dan Mozgai. New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>See all <a href=\"\/cicadas\/tag\/n-tibicen-tibicen\/\" >Neotibicen tibicen tibicen images &#038; information<\/a> on cicadamania.com.<\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Call<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14117-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/T-tibicen-call-DanMozgai.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/T-tibicen-call-DanMozgai.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/T-tibicen-call-DanMozgai.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: Dan Mozgai.<\/p>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pYzbrXsBDi0?feature=player_detailpage\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Video Playlist<\/h2>\n<p>Playlists contain multiple videos found on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLMeYvbKcL_bI2pe_G7ARqkZ5ptiDpPb31\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Name, Location and Description<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"speciesinfo\">\n<li><strong>Cicada Name:<\/strong> Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short Name:<\/strong> N. tibicen tibicen<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Swamp Cicada, Morning Cicada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Synonym\/Former Name:<\/strong> Tibicen sayi, Tibicen cholormera, Tibicen cholormerus, Tibicen tibicen tibicen<\/li>\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> June-September. Peak in August.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where it is found:<\/strong> 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<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maps:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/downloads\/diversity-05-00166.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/a> [PDF]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description:<\/strong> Swamp Cicadas are are known for their rounded, humped back. Their coloration varies from mostly black &#038; some green to black, brown and green. Their collar is usually black, but can include green.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eye Color:<\/strong> black or dark green<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronotal Collar Color:<\/strong> black<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/734701\" >Bug Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/469283-Neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen\">iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Subject Matter Expert website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu\/projects\/cicada\/sp_pages\/NA_species\/T_chloro.html\" >Cicada Central<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Image:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectimages.org\/browse\/subthumb.cfm?sub=16939&#038;Fam=117\" >Insect Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taxonomic Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=847468\" >Integrated Taxonomic Information System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Song:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectsingers.com\/100th_meridian_cicadas\/index.html\" >Insect Singers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When can you find them?<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a chart using iNaturalist data that shows when Morning cicadas are most-often found in the U.S.:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Chloromera.webp\" alt=\"Chloromera chart\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Chloromera.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Chloromera-300x149.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Chloromera-800x397.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Chloromera-768x381.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Identification Key by Wm. T. Davis<\/h2>\n<p>At the time Davis wrote this key Neotibicen tibicen tibicen was named Tibicen sayi. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A. Large, heavy bodied species ; head broad, uncus simple, and first cross vein in the fore wings starting from radius 3 far back, or about one third distant from base of first marginal cell.<\/p>\n<p>B. Uncus longer than broad. Black species with green or greenish markings and black area on the central part of the abdomen beneath, except in sayi [sayi = Neotibicen tibicen tibicen]<\/p>\n<p>CC. Hind margin of pronotum or collar black or nearly so (except in sayi \\ar. australis).<\/p>\n<p>DD. Central area of the abdomen not black beneath, often<br \/>\npruinose, as well as the long opercula.<\/p>\n<p>Collar black, often with a greenish spot each side near the outer angles sayi (Smith &#038; Grossbeck).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Teneral (soft) and sclerotized (hard) N.tibicen tibicen<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Teneral-soft-and-sclerotized-hard-N.tibicen-tibicen.jpg\" alt=\"Teneral (soft) and sclerotized (hard) N.tibicen tibicen\" width=\"394\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Teneral-soft-and-sclerotized-hard-N.tibicen-tibicen.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Teneral-soft-and-sclerotized-hard-N.tibicen-tibicen-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen-linnaeus-1758-aka-morning-cicada\/\">Photo by Paul Krombholz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Francis Walker&#8217;s description:<\/h2>\n<p>This is France&#8217;s Walker&#8217;s description from <strong>List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum<\/strong>, Francis Walker, edited by John Edward Gray, Supplement, (2 p. l., 369, [1] p.) issued in 1858, 1850. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/bibliography\/9063\">Link to document<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Walker named the cicada Thopha chloromera, and once the Tibicen genus was constructed, its name changed to Tibicen chloromerus (Walker,1850). But&#8230; Carl Linneaus had previously named it Cicada tibicen in 1758, and once the Neotibicen genus was constructed, its name became Neotibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758).<\/p>\n<p>That said, Walker&#8217;s description is still valid and useful:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nFirst cross-vein nearly straight, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by more than thrice its length; second curved, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, longer than the first; third slightly waved, slanting, forming a right angle; fourth slightly waved, slanting, forming an acute angle, a little longer than the third; fifth almost upright, very slightly curved, forming- a nearly right angle. Body black above, tawny and tinged with green beneath : head a little narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with several small tawny marks, and on each side of the front with one of larger size ; face slightly convex, not at all prominent, adorned with a pale tawny elliptical mark, tawny with blackish bands on each side in front : mouth tawny with a pitchy tip, reaching the middle-hips : eyes rather prominent : scutcheon of the fore-chest adorned with two oblique black stripes, which are united behind; fore border black excepting a little interval in the middle ; hind-scutcheon adorned on each side with three greenish- tawny spots, one large, the other two small ; sides not angular, but slightly excavated in front and slightly convex near the base of each fore-wing : scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with a tawny slender double U-shaped mark whose inner sides are interrupted in front and behind ; on each side of this are two oblique tawny stripes which are united behind ; the middle pair are broader than the outer pair, and their inner sides are excavated ; hind border slightly excavated in the middle ; cross-ridge tawny : abdomen obconical, longer than the chest, black above, tawny beneath : drums very large, pale tawny, much more than half the length of the abdomen, slightly overlapping : legs green, streaked with tawny; fore-thighs armed with two stout black teeth ; spines of the hind-shanks ferruginous with black tips : wings colourless, bright green at the base ; veins ferruginous, green towards the base and along half the length of the fore border ; first and second cross-veins clouded with brown. Length of the body 17 lines; of the wings 48 lines.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Classification:<\/h2>\n<p>Family: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadinae<br \/>\nTribe: Cryptotympanini<br \/>\nSubtribe: Cryptotympanina<br \/>\nGenus: Neotibicen<br \/>\nSpecies: Neotibicen tibicen<br \/>\nSub-species: Neotibicen tibicen australis (Davis, 1912)<br \/>\nSub-species: Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758)\t<\/p>\n<h2>Map<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Neotibicen-tibcen-map.webp\" alt=\"Leaflet | \u00a9 OpenStreetMap, ODbL, \u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors\" width=\"744\" height=\"628\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Neotibicen-tibcen-map.webp 744w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Neotibicen-tibcen-map-300x253.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Uses iNaturalist data + R + Leaflet | \u00a9 OpenStreetMap, ODbL, \u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors.<\/p>\n<h2>List of sources<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Davis, W.T. 1918. Mississippi Cicadas, with a Key to the Species of the Southeastern United States. Journal of The New York Entomological Society. Vol. XXVI. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/biostor-119035\/page\/n14\/mode\/2up\">Read on archive.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov<\/li>\n<li>Common names: BugGuide.net; <em>The Songs of Insects<\/em> by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.<\/li>\n<li>Locations: <em>Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/em> by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.<\/li>\n<li>Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Swamp Cicada or Morning Cicada. Morning because it sings in the morning. There is another sub-species of Neotibicen tibicen names Neotibicen tibicen australis. The key difference between the two is australis has a mostly green collar, while tibicen&#8217;s collar is black. Photo by Roy Troutman. Ohio. Photo by Dan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,518,300,445,174],"tags":[697],"class_list":["post-14117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sounds","category-linnaeus","category-neotibicen","category-cryptotympanini","category-united-states","tag-n-tibicen-tibicen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}