Common cicadas of Delaware

Annual cicadas of Delaware (DE):

All cicadas appear every year unless otherwise noted.

Megatibicen grossus (Fabricius, 1775) aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada formerly Megatibicen auletes

• M. auletes photos & information

Neocicada hieroglyphica hieroglyphica (Say, 1830) aka Hieroglyphic Cicada

• N. hieroglyphica hieroglyphica photos & information

Neotibicen davisi davisi (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka Davis’ Southeastern Dog-Day Cicada

• N. davisi davisi photos & information

Neotibicen linnei (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) aka Linne’s Cicada

• N. linnei photos & information

Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti (Davis, 1910) aka Dark Lyric Cicada

• N. lyricen engelhardti photos & information

Neotibicen lyricen lyricen (De Geer, 1773) aka Lyric Cicada

• N. lyricen lyricen photos & information

Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Swamp Cicada, Morning Cicada

• N. tibicen tibicen photos & information

Neotibicen winnemanna (Davis, 1912) aka Eastern Scissor(s) Grinder

• N. winnemanna photos & information

Periodical cicadas of Delaware (DE):

Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus, 1758) aka Decim Periodical Cicada or Linnaeus’s 17-Year Cicada or 17-Year Cicada

These emerge next in 2038 (Brood X). Often they emerge 1 or 4 years earlier than expected.

• M. septendecim photos & information

1. Periodical cicada Brood X (10) will emerge in 15 states in 2038
2. Look & listen for Brood X Stragglers

Name and Location References:

1. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
2. Common names & locations: BugGuide.net; iNaturalist.com; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; my personal memory.
3. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
4. 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.