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Cicada Sightings Index Page

Below are all user-submitted cicada sightings. If you believe that you have spotted a cicada - and have a photograph, please click on the link in the right-hand navigation under the "Submit Report" section. Cicada sightings are being solicated because they help in filling in gaps in the distribution of cicadas species.

Please note that not all entries below are actual cicadas but rather other types of insects that users thought may have been cicadas. These mis-identifications are just as important because they help in educating you to identify actual cicadas as well as aiding in identifying what the actual insect is.

Every entry contains a comment from Massachusetts Cicadas. When you submit a sighting you can either comment back or simply return for the identification of your particular cicada or non-cicada insect.

Another Tibicen cicada from Dardenne Prairie, MO

Another Tibicen cicada from Dardenne Prairie, MO

I don't know for sure what this is. I'm kind of leaning towards Tibicen canicularis, but I await you
Date Posted: 2011-07-28 Comments: (6)
Tibicen lyricen cicada from Grafton, MA

Tibicen lyricen cicada from Grafton, MA

Not sure where else to put this text. im not even sure this is the bug you are looking for but would
Date Posted: 2011-07-27 Comments: (0)
Tibicen species from Smyrna, TN

Tibicen species from Smyrna, TN

This bug has been hanging around for a good minute after all the other cicadas died. Its not a norma
Date Posted: 2011-07-26 Comments: (2)
Mating T. pruinosus cicadas from Topeka, KS

Mating T. pruinosus cicadas from Topeka, KS

These T. pruinosus I caught a few days ago...I got the males to call and finally got a pair to mate,
Date Posted: 2011-07-26 Comments: (4)
More Tibicen robinsonianus from Litchfield, IL

More Tibicen robinsonianus from Litchfield, IL

found 50 cicadas. mainly T.robinoniaus three lyricen and one possible T linnei. same place as last r
Date Posted: 2011-07-26 Comments: (4)
Tibicen canicularis cicadas in Adams, MA.

Tibicen canicularis cicadas in Adams, MA.

Have seen about 4 empty shells, two or three live adult cicadas, one emerging from shell and one sti
Date Posted: 2011-07-26 Comments: (1)
Smashed Tibicen canicularis from Woburn, Ma.

Smashed Tibicen canicularis from Woburn, Ma.

This is what my kids thought was the biggest fly they had ever seen. We have no idea how it got in t
Date Posted: 2011-07-24 Comments: (1)
Tibicen canicularis from Augusta, ME

Tibicen canicularis in Augusta, ME

This morning 7/23/2011, I was walking my dog and spotted a Cicada on my lawn. I have lived in Maine
Date Posted: 2011-07-23 Comments: (3)

Submit a Report

Did you spot an annual cicada or a cicada killer wasp? If you did and you have a photo and want to report it, please click the link below.

Brood I Information

The Brood I periodical cicada emergence happened in 2012 in Virginia, W. Virginia and Tennessee. Below are some of the highlights.

Brood XIX Information

The Brood XIX periodical cicada emergence has come and gone. Below is some information that you may find helpful.