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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 canicularis from Florence, MA

Cicada Sighted in Florence, MA

Hi Gerry, Please let me know what it is. It's my first cicada. Saw it by chance when hanging
Date Posted: 2008-09-03 Comments: (1)
Tibicen auletes cicada

Cicada Sighting in Suffolk, VA

Gerry, My husband used home defense to spray it and kill it. So the coloring looks different now. W
Date Posted: 2008-09-03 Comments: (1)
Cicada exuviae

Cicadas from Livonia, MI

The trees behind our medical office are FULL of cast off skins and we have watch them climb out of t
Date Posted: 2008-09-03 Comments: (2)
T. canicularis cicada

Tibicen Cicada from Cotuit, MA

Morning, Guess what blessed our presence this morning, but two late emerging cicadas on ou
Date Posted: 2008-09-02 Comments: (2)
Damaged T. canicularis teneral

Tibicen Cicada from New Salem, MA

Hello there. I found this Cicada, newly hatched, up at the Federated Women's State Forest a few week
Date Posted: 2008-09-02 Comments: (2)
Tibicen canicularis female

Cicada found in Millinocket, ME

Found a cicada near the summit of Hamlin Peak, elev. 4500'. Wasn't sure if that was interesting.
Date Posted: 2008-09-02 Comments: (3)
T. canicularis cicada ventral view

Cicada Sighting in Clinton, MA

Gerry Attached are the pictures of the Cicada that I caught tonight. The one tha
Date Posted: 2008-08-27 Comments: (1)
Adult T. canicularis cicada

Cicada from Chicopee, MA

Saw this little guy when I left for work and he was still around when I got home.I don't like the lo
Date Posted: 2008-08-19 Comments: (2)

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.