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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.

Tibicen cicada sighting Blue Springs

Tibicen teneral Sighting from Blue Springs, MO

Here is the first Tibicen of the year. Look to be a large Pruinosa. Thought it may have been an Aule
Date Posted: 2011-06-29 Comments: (1)
Okanagana sighting in Ventura, CA

Okanagana sighting in Ventura, CA

I heard a ringing sound in my backyard and found this little bugger on my garden fence. It's the fi
Date Posted: 2011-06-27 Comments: (7)
Mating and Ovipositing Cicadas Dardenne Prairie, MO.

Mating and Ovipositing Cicadas Dardenne Prairie, MO.

Here are a few photos I took today in Dardenne Prairie. As usual, you are free to use them as you s
Date Posted: 2011-06-07 Comments: (1)
Brood XIX M. neotredecim in Lake St. Charles, MO

M. neotredecim in Lake St. Charles, MO

Spent about 1/2 hour in Lake St. Louis today. Thousands of M. tredecassinis and cast-off skins all o
Date Posted: 2011-06-06 Comments: (1)
Brood XIX in Moscow Mills, MO

Brood XIX in Moscow Mills, MO

Spent about an hour in the area. Heard thousands of M. tredecassinis. I didn't hear any M. neotredec
Date Posted: 2011-06-06 Comments: (1)
M. tredecula found in Blue Springs, MO

M. tredecula found in Blue Springs, MO

We have had a major ramp up in emerging tredacassinis in Blue Springs and I have found several trede
Date Posted: 2011-06-02 Comments: (1)
Brood XIX in Rome, GA

Brood XIX Cicadas in Rome, GA

I heard them in the woods around the Golf Course at Berry Forest. I didn't get a chance to go look a
Date Posted: 2011-06-01 Comments: (1)
M. tredecassini teneral

Brood XIX Ramping Up in Blue Springs MO

Here are some pics of the Blue Springs Missouri emergence. It has been steady but nothing exceptiona
Date Posted: 2011-05-30 Comments: (1)

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.