There are over 3,390 species of cicadas in the world1. The species on this site represent a fraction of those. Start your journey by choosing a regional link below.
U.S and Canada specific guides:
- Common cicadas of the United States and Canada, includes photos, songs & locations.
- Davis’ Key to Species of the Genus Tibicen found in the Southeastern United States. Works for Northeast and Midwest too.
- 17 & 13 Year Periodical Cicadas, Broods, photos, songs and information.
- North American Cicada Websites.
North American Cicada pages that feature cicada calls:
*Magicicada are periodical cicadas, so you will only find them every 13 or 17 years.
** Okanagana and Platypedia are often proto-periodical, and do not appear every year, but they are not as predictable as periodical cicadas. Read Guessing at when the next Platypedia or Okanagana hatch will happen and Platypedia putnami survey at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space by Tim McNary.
Cicada by State:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Cicadas by Canadian Provence:
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan.
Cicadas around the world:
Africa (Continent), Argentina, Asia (Continent), Australia, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Europe (Continent), Fiji, France, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North America (Continent), Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South America (Continent), Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tibet, Turkey, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zaire
World Wide Cicada Websites:
- Japan: Cicadae in Japan
- Southeast Asia: Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas!
- Borneo: Cicada sounds of Borneo
- Australia: The cicadas of central-eastern Australia
- Europe: Songs of European Cicadas, SONGS OF CICADAS from Slovenia and Istria (Croatia)
- Brazil: Cigarras do Brasil
- Worldwide: BioAcoustica has many cicada songs, including Brevisiana brevis, the loudest cicada.
- Which cicada is the loudest?
Periodical cicada forecasts:
There are two known species of periodical cicadas that are not Magicicada . One lives in Chremistica ribhoi in India and the other in Raiateana knowlesi in Fiji.
| Year | Chremistica ribhoi in India | Raiateana knowlesi in Fiji | Magicicada in the U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | YES, Leap Year brood | Brood XIX, Brood XIII | |
| 2025 | YES | Brood XIV | |
| 2026 | YES, World Cup brood | ||
| 2027 | Brood XXII | ||
| 2028 | YES, Leap Year brood | Brood XXIII | |
| 2029 | Brood I | ||
| 2030 | YES, World Cup brood | Brood II | |
| 2031 | Brood III | ||
| 2032 | YES, Leap Year brood | Brood IV | |
| 2033 | YES | Brood V | |
| 2034 | YES, World Cup brood | Brood VI | |
| 2035 | Brood VII | ||
| 2036 | YES, Leap Year brood | Brood VIII | |
| 2037 | Brood IX, Brood XIX | ||
| 2038 | YES, World Cup brood | Brood X | |
| 2039 | |||
| 2040 | YES, Leap Year brood | ||
| 2041 | YES | Brood XIII |
Cicada Tribes 2:
Arenopsaltriini, Carinetini, Cicadatrini, Cicadettini, Cicadini, Cosmopsaltriini, Tacuini (Cryptotympanini), Cyclochilini, Dundubiini, Fidicinini, Gaeanini, Hyantiini, Lahudadini, Lamotialnini, Leptopsaltriini, Macrotristriini, Oncotympanini, Parnisini, Platypediini, Platypleurini, Polyneurini, Psaltodini, Psithyristriini, Sonatini, Talaingini, Taphurini, Tettigadini, Thophini, Tibicinini, Tosenini, Zammarini
Cicada Genera:
Afzeliada, Aleeta, Ambragaeana, Amphipsalta, Anapsaltoda, Angamiana, Antankaria, Arenopsaltria, Ariasa, Arunta, Auritibicen, Ayesha, Ayuthia, Balinta, Basa, Beameria, Becquartina, Berberigetta, Cacama, Calliopsida, Callogaeana, Calyria, Carineta, Champaka, Chlorocysta, Chonosia, Chremistica, Chrysolasia, Cicada, Cicadatra, Cicadetta, Cicadettana, Cicadmalleus, Clidophleps, Clinopsalta, Cornuplura, Cosmopsaltria, Cryptotympana, Cyclochila, Cystosoma, Daza, Derotettix, Diceroprocta, Diceropyga, Diemeniana, Distantalna, Dorachosa, Dorisiana, Dundubia, Euryphara, Euterpnosia, Fidicina, Fidicinoides, Formotosena, Gaeana, Graptopsaltria, Hadoa, Hamza, Haphsa, Hemisciera, Heteropsaltria, Hilaphura, Huechys, Hyalessa, Ioba, Kamalata, Kikihia, Koma, Kongota, Lahugada, Lembeja, Leptopsaltria, Lethama, Lyristes, Macrosemia, Macrotristria, Magicicada, Majeorona, Maoricicada, Mata, Maua, Megapomponia, Megatibicen, Meimuna, Miranha, Mogannia, Muansa, Munza, Myopsalta, Neocicada, Neoplatypedia, Neopsaltoda, Neotibicen, Odopoea, Okanagana, Okanagodes, Ollanta, Oncotympana, Orialella, Orientopsaltria, Pacarina, Pachypsaltria, Pauropsalta, Platylomia, Platypedia, Platypleura, Polyneura, Pomponia, Proarna, Procollina, Psaltoda, Psithyristria, Purana, Pycna, Quesada, Raiateana, Salvazana, Semia, Sulphogaeana, Tacua, Talainga, Tanna, Taona, Terpnosia, Tettigades, Tettigarcta, Tettigettalna, Thopha, Tibicen, Tibicina, Tibicinoides, Tosena, Trengganua, Tugelana, Tympanoterpes, Uhleroides, Umjaba, Yanga, Yezoterpnosia, Yoyetta, Zammara
1 The Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) by Allen F Sanborn. Academic Press. 14th November 2013.
2 Tribe information comes from: MARSHALL, DAVID C. et al.=A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification.Zootaxa, [S.l.], v. 4424, n. 1, p. 1-64, may 2018. ISSN 1175-5334. Available at: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4424.1.1.
Just requesting a slight correction. The country in South America is “Colombia” with the second vowel being an “o” and not “Columbia” with a “u”.
Otherwise an extremely informative website! Thank you!
Thanks! 😉
I have been reading about the 13 and 17 year cycle. Does this apply to Greece please?
@Jo Finn, not in Greece. There are plenty of cicadas in Greece, but none with long 13 or 17 year lifecycles.
I was in Crete in 2003. They were everywhere that summer! I’m not sure if it’s that way every year or if it was a brood that only comes up periodically. But we were warned they were coming so I think it was more cicadas than usual.
That I know of, Crete only has annual cicadas. Here’s some of the species that live there.
I am in Athens and there are SO many cicadas! Love hearing their song! I do not see a Greece section, what type of cicadas are these!?! I must know! I love their song! So loud!
It looks like these are the most common in Greece;
Ash Cicada (Cicada orni). Common throughout the Mediterranean region.
Black Sorrow Cicada (Cicadatra atra)
Common Cicada (Lyristes plebejus). Common throughout the Mediterranean region.
Cretan Cicada (Cicada cretensis)
East Aegean Cicada (Cicada mordoganensis)
Geminate Cicada (Lyristes gemellus)
Here’s a map from the website iNaturalist.
Wow this is a great resource
I have two small (smaller than the Magicicadia in the US) from the country of Georgia. Is there a generic key or somewhere to start to find out what it is?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
v/r, Scotty
@Lewis, Common cicadas of Georgia (GA). Cicadettana calliope calliope (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Grass Cicada maybe.
Plethora of information. Very very fascinating to have such a resource. Also have questions? Dan you super fast on rep once. Thank you.
Thanks for the wonderful website, what a great discovery.
Fascinating website – so happy to have found you!
I love cicadas
Wow! Who knew there was a website just for cicadas! This is amazing