Annual cicadas of Texas (TX):
All cicadas appear every year unless otherwise noted.
Beameria venosa (Uhler, 1888)
Cacama collinaplaga Sanborn and Heath in Sanborn, Heath, Phillips and Heath, 2011 aka Cactus Dodger
Cacama variegata Davis, 1919 aka Variegated Cactus Dodger
Cicadettana calliope calliope (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Grass Cicada
Cicadettana camerona (Davis, 1920)
Cicadettana kansa (Davis, 1919)
Cicadettana texana (Davis, 1936)
Diceroprocta aurantiaca Davis, 1938 aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta averyi Davis, 1941 aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta azteca (Kirkaldy, 1909) aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta bequaerti (Davis, 1917) aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta bibbyi Davis, 1928 aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta canescens Davis, 1935 aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta cinctifera cinctifera (Uhler, 1892) aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta cinctifera limpia Davis, 1932 aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta cinctifera viridicosta Davis aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta delicata (Osborn, 1906) aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta eugraphica (Davis, 1916) aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta lata Davis, 1941 aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta marevagans Davis, 1928 aka Scrub Cicada
Diceroprocta texana (Davis, 1916) aka Scrub Cicada
Hadoa bifida (Davis, 1916)
Hadoa chisosensis Davis, 1934
Hadoa duryi Davis, 1917
Hadoa inaudita Davis, 1917
Hadoa texana Metcalf, 1963
Hadoa townsendii (Uhler, 1905)
Megatibicen grossus (Fabricius, 1775) aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada formerly Megatibicen auletes
Megatibicen dorsatus (Say, 1825) aka Bush Cicada or Grand Western or Giant Grassland Cicada
Megatibicen figuratus (Walker, 1858) aka Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada
Megatibicen harenosus Cole 2017
Megatibicen pronotalis walkeri Metcalf, 1955 aka Walker’s Cicada
Megatibicen resonans (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Resonant/Great Pine Barrens Cicada
Megatibicen tremulus Cole, 2008 aka Bush Cicada
Neocicada chisos (Davis, 1916) aka Chisos Cicada
Neocicada hieroglyphica hieroglyphica (Say, 1830) aka Hieroglyphic Cicada
Neotibicen auriferus (Say, 1825) aka Plains Dog-day Cicada
Neotibicen davisi davisi (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka Davis’ Southeastern Dog-Day Cicada
Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus (Say, 1825) aka Scissor(s) Grinder
Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 aka Robinson’s Annual Cicada or Robinson’s Cicada
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Swamp Cicada, Morning Cicada
Okanagana hesperia (Uhler, 1872)
Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825) aka Walking Cicada
Okanagana viridis Davis, 1918 aka Cotton Green Cicada
Okanagodes terlingua Davis, 1932
Pacarina shoemakeri Sanborn and M. Heath in Sanborn, M. Heath, Phillips and J. Heath, 2012
Platypedia falcata Davis, 1920
Periodical cicadas of Texas (TX):
Magicicada cassinii (Fisher, 1852) aka Cassini Periodical Cicada or 17-Year Cicada
These cicadas will next appear in 2032 (Brood IV).
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Name and Location References:
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names & locations: BugGuide.net; iNaturalist.com; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; my personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- List of species with MAPs: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF] by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips. Download it once; treasure it forever.
2 replies on “Common cicadas of Texas”
Which one of these is the tiny one I’m finding? It’s only about 1/2” long. Very cute.
And what do they sound like?
Thanks, Douglas
Sounds like Pacarina puella Davis, 1923 aka Little Mesquite Cicada. should be a sound file on that page if you follow the link