Northern Dusk-singing Cicada

Megatibicen grossus · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Cicadidae

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Northern Dusk-singing Cicada
Photo: Matt Pelikan, CC BY

The Northern Dusk-singing Cicada lives in the eastern United States. It also occurs in parts of southeastern Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in the eastern United States and parts of southeastern Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 31 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Northern Dusk-singing Cicada photo 3
Photo: hr_dragonfly, CC BY
Northern Dusk-singing Cicada photo 4
Photo: unknown, CC0
Northern Dusk-singing Cicada photo 5
Photo: Bill Sheehan, CC BY-SA
Northern Dusk-singing Cicada photo 6
Photo: unknown, CC0

Same family (Cicadidae)

Northern Dog-day CicadaNorthern Dog-day CicadaNeotibicen canicularisSwamp CicadaSwamp CicadaNeotibicen tibicenPharaoh CicadaPharaoh CicadaMagicicada septendecimAsh CicadaAsh CicadaCicada orniScissor GrinderScissor GrinderNeotibicen pruinosusSuperb Dog-day CicadaSuperb Dog-day CicadaNeotibicen superbus

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatibicen_grossus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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