{"id":14593,"date":"2016-04-17T19:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T02:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=14593"},"modified":"2024-01-07T10:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T17:32:04","slug":"common-cicadas-of-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/common-cicadas-of-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Common cicadas of Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Annual cicadas of <strong class=\"warm-highlight\">Kentucky (KY):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>All cicadas appear every year unless otherwise noted. <\/p>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Cicadettana calliope calliope<\/em> (Walker, 1850)  aka Southern Grass Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Cicadetta-calliope.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Grass Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/cicadettana-calliope-calliope-walker-1850-aka-southern-grass-cicada\/\">C. calliope calliope photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Diceroprocta vitripennis<\/em> (Say, 1830)  aka Green Winged Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diceroprocta-vitripennis-back-large.jpg\" alt=\"Green Winged Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/diceroprocta-vitripennis-say-1830-aka-green-winged-cicada\/\">D. vitripennis photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Megatibicen grossus<\/em> (Fabricius, 1775) aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada formerly Megatibicen auletes <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Tibicen-auletes-female-Manchester-NJ.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Dusk Singing Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/megatibicen-auletes-germar-1834-aka-northern-dusk-singing-cicada\/\">M. auletes photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Megatibicen pronotalis<\/em> walkeri Metcalf, 1955 aka Walker&#8217;s Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3468_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Walker's Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/megatibicen-pronotalis-walkeri-metcalf-1955-aka-walkers-cicada\/\">M. pronotalis walkeri photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Neocicada hieroglyphica hieroglyphica<\/em> (Say, 1830)  aka Hieroglyphic Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Neocicada-hieroglyphica.jpg\" alt=\"Hieroglyphic Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/neocicada-hieroglyphica-aka-hieroglyphic-cicada\/\">N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Neotibicen linnei<\/em> (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka Linne&#8217;s Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tomstibicen.jpg\" alt=\"Linne's Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/neotibicen-linnei-smith-and-grossbeck-1907-aka-linnes-cicada\/\">N. linnei photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti<\/em> (Davis, 1910) aka Dark Lyric Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/roy-2004-21.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Lyric Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/neotibicen-lyricen-engelhardti-davis-1910-aka-dark-lyric-cicada\/\">N. lyricen engelhardti photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Neotibicen lyricen lyricen<\/em> (De Geer, 1773) aka Lyric Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Neotibicen-lyricen-lyricen.jpg\" alt=\"Lyric Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/neotibicen-lyricen-lyricen-de-geer-1773-aka-lyric-cicada\/\">N. lyricen lyricen photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus<\/em> (Say, 1825) aka Scissor(s) Grinder <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pruinosa-side-view.jpg\" alt=\"Scissor(s) Grinder\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/neotibicen-pruinosus-pruinosus-say-1825-aka-scissors-grinder\/\">N. pruinosus pruinosus photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Neotibicen tibicen tibicen<\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Swamp Cicada, Morning Cicada <\/h2>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen.jpg\" alt=\"Swamp Cicada, Morning Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen-linnaeus-1758-aka-morning-cicada\/\">N. tibicen tibicen photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Periodical cicadas of <strong class=\"warm-highlight\">Kentucky (KY):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Magicicada cassinii<\/em> (Fisher, 1852)  aka Cassini Periodical Cicada or 17-Year Cicada <\/h2>\n<p>These cicadas will next emerge in 2025 (Brood XIV). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Magicicada-cassini.jpg\" alt=\"Cassini Periodical Cicada or 17-Year Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-cassinii-fisher-1852-aka-cassini-17-year-cicada\/\">M. cassini photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em>Magicicada neotredecim<\/em> Marshall and Cooley, 2000  aka 13 Periodi class=&#8221;cool-highlight&#8221;cal Cicada or 13-Year Cicada  <\/h2>\n<p>These cicadas will next appear in 2024 (<a href=\"\/cicadas\/periodical-cicada-brood-xix-19-will-emerge-in-2024-in-fifteen-states\/\">Brood XIX<\/a>), 2027 (Brood XXII) and 2028 (Brood XXIII). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Magicicada-neotredecim-200px.jpg\" alt=\"13 Periodical Cicada or 13-Year Cicada \" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-neotredecim-marshall-and-cooley-2000\/\">M. neotredecim photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Magicicada septendecim<\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Decim Periodical Cicada or Linnaeus&#8217;s 17-Year Cicada or 17-Year Cicada <\/h2>\n<p>These cicadas will next emerge in 2025 (Brood XIV). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P5260169.jpg\" alt=\"Decim Periodical Cicada or Linnaeus's 17-Year Cicada or 17-Year Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-septendecim-linnaeus-1758-aka-linnaeuss-17-year-cicada\/\">M. septendecim photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Magicicada septendecula<\/em> Alexander and Moore, 1962  aka Decula Periodical Cicdada or 17-Year Cicada <\/h2>\n<p>These cicadas will next emerge in 2025 (Brood XIV). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Magicicada-septendecula.jpg\" alt=\"Decula Periodical Cicdada or 17-Year Cicada\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-septendecula-alexander-and-moore-1962\/\">M. septendecula photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Magicicada tredecassini<\/em> Alexander and Moore, 1962  aka 13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Cassini <\/h2>\n<p>These cicadas will next appear in 2024 (<a href=\"\/cicadas\/periodical-cicada-brood-xix-19-will-emerge-in-2024-in-fifteen-states\/\">Brood XIX<\/a>), 2027 (Brood XXII) and 2028 (Brood XXIII). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Magicicada-tredecassini.jpg\" alt=\"13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Cassini\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-tredecassini-alexander-and-moore-1962\/\">M. tredecassini photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-even\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Magicicada tredecim<\/em> (Walsh and Riley, 1868)  aka 13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Decim <\/h2>\n<p>These cicadas will next appear in 2024 (<a href=\"\/cicadas\/periodical-cicada-brood-xix-19-will-emerge-in-2024-in-fifteen-states\/\">Brood XIX<\/a>), 2027 (Brood XXII) and 2028 (Brood XXIII). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Magicicada-tredecim.jpg\" alt=\"13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Decim\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-tredecim-walsh-and-riley-1868\/\">M. tredecim photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-odd\">\n<h2><em class=\"cool-highlight\">Magicicada tredecula<\/em> Alexander and Moore, 1962  aka 13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Decula <\/h2>\n<p>These cicadas will next appear in 2024 (<a href=\"\/cicadas\/periodical-cicada-brood-xix-19-will-emerge-in-2024-in-fifteen-states\/\">Brood XIX<\/a>), 2027 (Brood XXII) and 2028 (Brood XXIII). They often emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/na-Magicicada-tredecula-200px.jpg\" alt=\"13-Year Cicada or 13-Year Decula\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-tredecula-alexander-and-moore-1962\/\">M. tredecula photos &amp; information<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/2014-emergence-of-13-year-magicicada-in-ohio-kentucky-part-2\/\">2014 Emergence of 13-Year Magicicada in Ohio &#038; Kentucky, part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/2014-emergence-of-13-year-magicicada-in-ohio-kentucky-part-1\/\">2014 Emergence of 13-Year Magicicada in Ohio &#038; Kentucky, part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/photos-of-brood-xxii-in-ohio-and-kentucky-by-roy-troutman\/\">Photos of Brood XXII in Ohio and Kentucky by Roy Troutman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/a-week-of-cicada-tracking-the-mysterious-ohio-kentucky-brood\/\">A Week of Mapping the Mysterious Ohio Kentucky Brood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/13-year-cicadas-to-emerge-in-ohio-kentucky-in-2014\/\">13-Year Cicadas to Emerge in Ohio &#038; Kentucky in 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/brood-xxiii-photos-from-2015-part-2\/\">Brood XXIII photos from 2015, part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/brood-xxiii-photos-from-2015-part-1\/\">Brood XXIII photos from 2015, part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/magicicada-brood-x-photo-by-frank-mefford-from-2004\/\">Magicicada Brood X photo by Frank Mefford from 2004<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/new-paper-about-brood-xxii-magicicadas\/\">New paper about Brood XXII Magicicadas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/periodical-cicada-brood-x-10-will-emerge-in-15-states-in-2021\/\">Periodical cicada Brood X (10) will emerge in 15 states in 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/look-listen-for-brood-x-stragglers\/\">Look &#038; listen for Brood X Stragglers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/brood-vi-17-year-cicadas-due-in-spring-of-2017\/\">Brood VI 17-Year Cicadas Due in Spring of 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/the-2015-brood-xxiii-emergence-revisited\/\">The 2015 Brood XXIII Emergence Revisited<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/brood-xxiii-the-lower-mississippi-valley-brood-will-emerge-in-2015\/\">Brood XXIII, the Lower Mississippi Valley brood, will emerge in 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Name and Location References:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Full Binomial Names: <a href=\"https:\/\/itis.gov\">ITIS.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Common names &#038; locations: <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/15740\">BugGuide.net<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\">iNaturalist.com<\/a>; <em>The Songs of Insects<\/em> by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; my 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 class=\"cool-highlight\">List of species with MAPs: <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] by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips. Download it once; treasure it forever.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual cicadas of Kentucky (KY): All cicadas appear every year unless otherwise noted. Cicadettana calliope calliope (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Grass Cicada C. calliope calliope photos &amp; information Diceroprocta vitripennis (Say, 1830) aka Green Winged Cicada D. vitripennis photos &amp; information Megatibicen grossus (Fabricius, 1775) aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada formerly Megatibicen auletes M. auletes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593","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=14593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}