{"id":14274,"date":"2016-04-13T16:51:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T23:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=14274"},"modified":"2025-07-31T06:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:06:19","slug":"neotibicen-similaris-similaris-smith-and-grossbeck-1907-aka-similar-dog-day-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/neotibicen-similaris-similaris-smith-and-grossbeck-1907-aka-similar-dog-day-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Neotibicen similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka  Similar Dog-Day Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neotibicen similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907)<\/p>\n<h2>Photo<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coleman-Cobbs-Neotibicen-similaris-01.webp\" alt=\"Neotibicen similaris\" width=\"800\" height=\"1485\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coleman-Cobbs-Neotibicen-similaris-01.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coleman-Cobbs-Neotibicen-similaris-01-162x300.webp 162w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coleman-Cobbs-Neotibicen-similaris-01-431x800.webp 431w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Coleman-Cobbs-Neotibicen-similaris-01-768x1426.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto &copy; Coleman Cobbs.<\/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_bJEg_daILevaOwecOGvC_p_\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Name, Location and Description<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"speciesinfo\">\n<li><strong>Cicada Name:<\/strong> Neotibicen similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short Name:<\/strong> N. similaris similaris<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Similar Dog-Day Cicada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Synonym\/Former Name:<\/strong> Tibicen similaris<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where it is found:<\/strong> AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC<\/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> Black, brown and green. Patterns are hard to see. This cicada is similar to the Neotibicen tibicen species in shape (hump back) and coloring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eye Color:<\/strong> black<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronotal Collar Color:<\/strong> brown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/263544\" >Bug Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/224461\" >Bill Reynolds on iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/469275-Neotibicen-similaris\" >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_similaris.html\" >Cicada Central<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taxonomic Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=846786\" >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>Classification:<\/h2>\n<p>Family: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadinae<br \/>\nTribe: Cryptotympanini<br \/>\nSubtribe: Cryptotympanina<br \/>\nGenus: Neotibicen<br \/>\nSpecies: Neotibicen similaris<br \/>\nSub-species: <strong><em>Neotibicen similaris similaris<\/em> (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907)<\/strong><br \/>\nSub-species: <em>Neotibicen similaris apalachicola<\/em> Marshall and Hill, 2017<\/p>\n<h2>List of sources<\/h2>\n<ol>\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 similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) Photo Photo &copy; Coleman Cobbs. Video Playlist Playlists contain multiple videos found on YouTube. Name, Location and Description Cicada Name: Neotibicen similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) Short Name: N. similaris similaris Common Name: Similar Dog-Day Cicada Synonym\/Former Name: Tibicen similaris Where it is found: AL, FL, GA, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,300,445,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sounds","category-neotibicen","category-cryptotympanini","category-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14274","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=14274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}