Robinson's Annual Cicada

Neotibicen robinsonianus · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Cicadidae

Also called: Juniper Scissor-Grinder

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Robinson's Annual Cicada
Photo: hr_dragonfly, CC BY

It is found in the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The scientific name is Neotibicen robinsonianus, commonly called Robinson's cicada.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 23 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland, Oklahoma.

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

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Robinson's Annual Cicada photo 3
Photo: T. J. Crow, CC BY-SA
Robinson's Annual Cicada photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Robinson's Annual Cicada photo 5
Photo: jfox16, CC BY
Robinson's Annual Cicada photo 6
Photo: iNaturalist user, 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/Neotibicen_robinsonianus

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

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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