{"id":5183,"date":"2014-01-01T10:58:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T17:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:16:23","slug":"north-american-cicada-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/north-american-cicada-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"North American Cicada Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

These sites contain information about both periodical and annual cicada species. Last updated on 11\/23\/2025<\/em> with links from the 1998 version of this page. When an old, but classic, site is retired, I will replace the URL with an archive.org URL. <\/p>\n

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  1. Bug Guide<\/a> (bugguide.net) A massive site devoted to North America insect identification, including an abundance of cicada photos and information.PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (2025<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  2. iNaturalist<\/a> (inaturalist.org). Worldwide cicada photos and sounds. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAPS<\/span>, AUDIO<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (2025<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  3. Cicadas @ UCONN (formerly Magicicada.org)<\/a> (cicadas.uconn.edu) is devoted to monitoring emergences and providing Magicicada<\/strong> information. AUDIO<\/span>, PHOTOS<\/span> MAPS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (2025)<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Cicadas of the Mid-Atlantic<\/a> (cicadas.info) Sighting information for Magicicada<\/strong> and annual cicadas in the Mid-Atlantic region. Yearly cicada reports are available. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (2025<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  5. Insect Singers<\/a> (insectsingers.com). A new site from David Marshall and Kathy Hill featuring dozens of cicada song samples from North America.AUDIO<\/span>, PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span> (2024<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  6. Great Lakes Cicada Page<\/a> (magicicada.net RIP, archive.org). Lots of Magicicada<\/strong> information, but sadly the site is no longer live. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (7\/24\/2021<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  7. Gordon’s Cicada Page<\/a> (earthlife.net) A photo and about 10 printed pages worth of solid cicada information. PHOTOS<\/span>. (5\/16\/2020<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  8. Gene Kritsky’s Web Site<\/a> (msj.edu) Gene Kritsky is one of the worlds foremost cicada researchers. Book him for your next cicada event. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span> (2020<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  9. Cicada Checklist of Texas<\/a> (texasento.net) Mike Quinn’s excellent website about the cicadas of Texas. (2019<\/em>).\n
  10. Singing Insects of North America Cicada page<\/a> (ufl.edu) A large site featuring lists of North American species and audio files. PHOTOS<\/span>, AUDIO<\/span>. (2019<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  11. Colorado State University Extension cicada page<\/a> (colostate.edu) Includes a picture of Putnam’s cicada and a paragraph of information within 3 pages of various information about cicadas. PHOTOS<\/span>. (2025<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  12. Long Island Cicadas<\/a>: cicadas of Long Island, NY, plus New Jersey and Pennsylvania. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (7\/5\/2018<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  13. UF|IAFS Cicadas (of Florida)<\/a> (ufl.edu). PHOTOS<\/span>. (12\/?\/2017<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  14. Cicada Central<\/a> (uconn.edu RIP, archive.org) One of the premier cicada sites. Many pictures, maps and information. Superb Magicicada<\/strong> information. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAPS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (2015<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  15. Massachusetts Cicadas<\/a> (www.masscic.org) tremendous cicada site packed with information
    \nand photos. Dozens of pages of information. Neotibicens, Magicicada<\/strong>, Cicada Killer wasps. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (4\/9\/2013<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  16. Periodical Cicada<\/a> (ag.umass.edu) Many nice photos depicting the cicada’s life cycle, and good information. PHOTOS<\/span>. (2025<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  17. Tim McNary’s Bibliography of the Cicadoidea<\/a> (tmcnary.com) for many, many cicada papers and articles. MAGICICADA<\/span>. (10\/9\/2010<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  18. Checklist of Cicadas of Kansas<\/a> (windsofkansas.com RIP, archive.org) A list of species you’ll find in Kansas, references, photos and illustrations. PHOTOS<\/span>, ILLUSTRATIONS<\/span>. (1\/10\/2008<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  19. Seventeen Year Cicada<\/a> (seventeenyearcicada.com) Dozens of Magicicada<\/strong> photos and info. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span> (12\/2007<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  20. Apache cicada, Diceroprocta apache<\/a> (fireflyforest.net) A photo and 3 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS<\/span>. (7\/2\/2005<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  21. Annual Cicadas of Arkansas<\/a> (angelfire.com) Photos and information about Neotibicen robinsonianus (formerly T. robinsoniana), Megatibicen dorsatus (formerly T. dorsata), Neotibicen pruinosus (formerly T. pruinosa), Neotibicen lyricen, Neotibicen davisi, Megatibicen auletes, & Neotibicen aurifera<\/strong>. PHOTOS<\/span>. (6\/13\/2004)<\/em><\/li>\n
  22. The University of Michigan Cicada Pages<\/a> (umich.edu RIP, archive.org) Magicicada<\/strong>, Tibicen, Okanagana, and Diceroprocta info. The owners of this site now contribute to Cicadas @ UCONN<\/a> and Insect Singers<\/a>. PHOTOS<\/span>, AUDIO<\/span>, MAPS<\/span>. (7\/26\/2000). <\/li>\n
  23. Periodical Cicadas<\/a> (biology.clc.uc.edu RIP, archive.org) A fun and informative Magicicada<\/strong> page with many excellent photos, recipes and 19 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS<\/span>, MAGICICADA<\/span>. (5\/11\/2000<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  24. Homoptera: cicadas, hoppers, & aphids<\/a> (insectsexplained.com) Information about the Homoptera order, photos and illustrations. PHOTOS<\/span>, ILLUSTRATIONS<\/span>. (2000<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  25. Katherine Klein The Cicada watercolor, 24″ x 18″<\/a> (art.net). ILLUSTRATIONS<\/span>. (1999<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  26. Cicadas Genera Magicicada – Tibicen<\/a> (desertusa.com). PHOTOS<\/span>. (1999<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  27. Periodical Cicadas in Iowa, Again<\/a> (iastate.edu). MAGICICADA<\/span>. (1998<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  28. Guide d’identification d’insectes du Quebec<\/a> (lesinsectesduquebec.com) En Francais. Canicularis and Okanagana rimosa info and photos. PHOTOS<\/span>, AUDIO<\/span>. (1998?<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  29. Cicadas are Laying Eggs and Preparing to Go<\/a> (iastate.edu). MAGICICADA<\/span>. (1997<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  30. Periodical Cicada Emergence in Iowa in 1997<\/a> (iastate.edu). MAGICICADA<\/span>. (2022<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  31. Cicada Videos and Sounds Alarm Squawks and Mating Calls<\/a> is also very helpful for identifying cicada sounds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    These sites contain information about both periodical and annual cicada species. Last updated on 11\/23\/2025 with links from the 1998 version of this page. When an old, but classic, site is retired, I will replace the URL with an archive.org URL. Bug Guide (bugguide.net) A massive site devoted to North America insect identification, including an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183","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=5183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}