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The Top American Sites

  1. Cicada Central
  2. Cicada Hunt
  3. Cicadas.info
  4. Entomology - Cicadidae Yahoo! Group
  5. Great Lakes Cicada Page
  6. Magicicada.org
  7. Massachusetts Cicadas
  8. Periodical Cicadas
  9. The Mount’s Cicada Web Site (Gene Kritsky)

North America

North American Cicada Sites

These sites contain information about both periodical and annual cicada species:

  1. Cicada Central (uconn.edu) One of the premier cicada sites. Many pictures, maps and information. Superb Magicicada information. PHOTOS MAPS
  2. Bug Guide (bugguide.net) A massive site devoted insect identification, including an abundance of cicada photos and information. You'll find Cacama, Diceroprocta, Magicicada (Periodicall Cicadas), Neocicada, Neoplatypedia, Okanagana, Pacarina, Platypedia, Tibicen, Beameria and Okanagodes. Bug Guide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology. PHOTOS
  3. Massachusetts Cicadas (mechaworx.com) tremendousus cicada site packed with information and photos. Dozens of pages of information. , Cicada Killer wasps. PHOTOS
  4. The University of Michigan Cicada Pages (ummz.lsa.umich.edu) The premier North America cicada site, until Cicada Central came around. Magicicada, Tibicen, Okanagana, Diceroprocta. PHOTOS AUDIO MAPS
  5. Gene Kritsky's Web Site (msj.edu) Gene Kritsky is one of the worlds foremost cicada researchers. Book him for your next cicada event.
  6. Cicadas of the Mid-Atlantic (cicadas.info) Sighting information for Magicicada and annual cicadas in the Mid-Atlantic region. Yearly cicada reports are available. PHOTOS
  7. Cicada Hunt (saltthesandbox.org) Lots of information and photos. Cicada Hunt is a great site for families interested in cicada hunting and study. PHOTOS
  8. The Great Lakes Cicada Page! (fortunecity.com) A classic cicada site. 30 pages of information and photos covering Magicicada, Tibicen and others. PHOTOS MAPS AUDIO
  9. Checklist of Cicadas of Kansas (windsofkansas.com) A list of species you'll find in Kansas, references, photos and illustrations. PHOTOS ILLUSTRATIONS
  10. Periodicall And "Dog-Day" Cicadas (ohioline.osu.edu) Ohio State's cicada web site with basic information, photos, and illustrations. PHOTOS MAPS
  11. ONE COOL CICADA (geocities.com) Cicada photos and information. PHOTOS
  12. Louie Yang is a PhD who studies cicadas (ucdavis.edu) PHOTOS
  13. Arizona Homoptera (bugs.bio.nau.edu) a long list of cicada species living in Arizona, with many large, high-quality pictures. PHOTOS
  14. Singing Insects of North America by Dr. Thomas E. Moore (buzz.ifas.ufl.edu) A large site worth exploring. AUDIO
  15. Guide d'identification d'insectes du Quebec (lesinsectesduquebec.com) En Francais. Canicularis and Okanagana rimosa info and photos. PHOTOS AUDIO
  16. Professor Paul S. Boyer's Cicada page (fdu.edu) Features Magicicada photos, information and audio files. ILLUSTRATIONS AUDIO
  17. HOMOPTERA: APHIDS, HOPPERS, CICADAS (geocities.com) Homoptera photos including Diceroprocta apache and a Tibicen. PHOTOS
  18. Cicadas (of Florida) (edis.ifas.ufl.edu) and Cicadas (of Florida) (creatures.ifas.ufl.edu), Neocicada hieroglyphica (Say), Tibicen, Diceroprocta and Melampsalta photos and lots of information. PHOTOS
  19. Homoptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae (eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu) A photo and basic information. PHOTOS
  20. Homoptera: cicadas, hoppers, & aphids (ltreadwell.ifas.ufl.edu) Information about the Homoptera order, photos and illustrations. PHOTOS ILLUSTRATIONS
  21. Insect Images (insectimages.org) About 150 North American cicada photos, including Magicicada, Tibicen, Okanagana, and Cacama. PHOTOS
  22. Gordon's Cicada Page (earthlife.net) A photo and about 10 printed pages worth of solid cicada information. PHOTOS

Magicicada

  1. Periodicall Cicada, Magicicada spp. (ento.vt.edu) One picture and about 10 paragraphs of good basic information. PHOTOS
  2. Periodicall Cicada (biosurvey.ou.edu) A few photos. PHOTOS
  3. Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet (ohioline.osu.edu) Compact, and very informative. Photos, a map and about 18 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS MAPS
  4. Bud, Shoot, Twig, or Branch Feeders: Periodicall Cicada - Magicicada septendecium (forestry.auburn.edu) Photos and brief information. PHOTOS
  5. Periodicall Cicadas in Missouri (muextension.missouri.edu) About 13 paragraphs of information and several photos. PHOTOS
  6. Periodicall Cicada (umassgreeninfo.org) Many nice photos depicting the cicada's life cycle, and good information. PHOTOS
  7. The Cicadas Are Coming (hudsonriver.com) A brood II story with an illustration and sound files. ILLUSTRATIONS AUDIO
  8. Periodicall Cicada Life Stages (ianr.unl.edu) The stages of a Magicicada's life illustrated with photos. PHOTOS
  9. Do cicadas spend seven years underground before emerging? (straightdope.com) No, it's 17, but this article points this fact out nicely.
  10. Periodicall Cicadas (biology.clc.uc.edu) A fun and informative periodical cicada page with many excellent photos, recipes and 19 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  11. Return of the Cicada! Serious information mixed with humor and silly illustrations. (whyfiles.org) PHOTOS ILLUSTRATIONS
  12. Forestry images, periodical cicada (forestryimages.org) 52 Magicicada photos! PHOTOS
  13. Lake County Forrest Preserve Cicada site (lcfpd.org)
  14. The USPS Stamp (usps.gov) PHOTOS
  15. Seventeen Year Cicada (seventeenyearcicada.com) Dozens of Magicicada photos and info. PHOTOS

Tibicen

  1. Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine Tibicen spp (lander.edu) An excellent resource from Richard Fox of Lander University. 28 printed pages worth of illustrations and information describing Tibicen anatomy. ILLUSTRATIONS
  2. Annual Cicadas of Arkansas (angelfire.com) Photos and information about Tibicen robinsoniana, Tibicen dorsata, Tibicen pruinosa, Tibicen lyricen, Tibicen davisi, Tibicen auletes, & Tibicen aurifera. PHOTOS
  3. Tibicen chloromera photos (denison.edu) PHOTOS
  4. Insect Order Homoptera: Cicadas, Planthoppers, Aphids and Scale Insects (cirrusimage.com) Tibicen linnei and Tibicen canicularis photos. PHOTOS
  5. Tibicen auletes (entweb.clemson.edu) A photo and a paragraph of information. PHOTOS
  6. Dogday Harvestfly, Tibicen canicularis (cogsci.indiana.edu) A photo and a paragraph of information. PHOTOS
  7. What's Making All That Noise? A Brief Look at Tibicen canicularis (amelianow.com) Seven paragraphs of information and a nice illustration. ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. Wisconsin Natural Resources, The buzz on cicada (wnrmag.com) A nice picture of a Tibicen and seven paragraphs of Wisconsin cicada information. PHOTOS
  9. Grand western cicada (Tibicen dorsata) (home.att.net) From Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Texas. PHOTOS
  10. Tibicen prob. lyricen (discoverlife.org) PHOTOS
  11. Dog-day Cicada, Tibicen chloromera (hiltonpond.org) A photo. PHOTOS

Quesada

  1. Giant Cicada / Chicharra Grande (texasento.net) Quesada gigas photo, information, audio files and a map. Check out the Texas Cicada Checklist as well. PHOTOS AUDIO MAP

Diceroprocta

  1. Apache cicada, Diceroprocta apache (fireflyforest.net) A photo and 3 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  2. Apache cicada, Diceroprocta apache (toddshikingguide.com) A photo and 3 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS

Cacama

  1. cactus dodger, Cacama valvata (forestryimages.org) Two photos. PHOTOS
  2. Insects: the Gang of Billions: Cacama valvata (sasionline.org) A photo and a paragraph of information. PHOTOS

Okanagana

  1. Substrate vibrations during acoustic signalling in the cicada Okanagana rimosa (insectscience.org) ILLUSTRATIONS AUDIO
  2. Bug Facts Cicada (Okanagana spp.) (royalalbertamuseum.ca) A nice phot of an Okanagana, 7 paragraphs of information, and a sound file. AUDIO PHOTOS
  3. Talk About Wildlife: Cicada, Okanagana spp. (weaselhead.org) A nice photo and 5 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  4. Entomology Collection, Okanagana rimosa (entomology.ualberta.ca) Say's cicada. Photos, a map, and 8 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS MAP
  5. Walking cicada, Okanagana synodica (forestryimages.org) A nice photo. PHOTOS

Platypedia

  1. Woodland Cicadas Platypedia species (enature.com) A photo and paragraph of information. PHOTOS
  2. Colorado State Univerity Extension cicada page (colostate.edu) Includes a picture of Putnam's cicada and a paragraph of information within 3 pages of various information about cicadas. PHOTOS

International

Australia

  1. Insect Reference Collection Database (agric.wa.gov.au) Dozens of specimen photos organized by scientific name. Scroll until you find the Cicadidae. PHOTOS
  2. CSIRO Cicadidae (ento.csiro.au) Dozens of specimen photos organized by scientific name, including location information too. PHOTOS
  3. Brisbane Cicadas (brisbaneinsects.com) One of the premeire Australian cicada sites. Features pages for the following cicadas Brown Bunyip, Razor Grinder, Bladder Cicada, Floury Baker, Thin-striped Wattle Cicada, Small Bottle. Many photos and some audio files. PHOTOS AUDIO
  4. The cicadas of central eastern Australia (bacs.uq.edu.au) An incredible resource for Australian cicada enthusiasts. Dozens of pages. Many images, sound files and distribution maps. PHOTOS AUDIO MAPS
  5. Narelle Power's Cicada Photos (pbase.com) About a dozen photos, including Cicadetta oldfieldi (Wattle), Tamasa tristigma (Brown Bunyip), Psaltoda harrisii (Yellow Belly). PHOTOS
  6. Scribbly Gum's The Summer of Signing Cicadas (abc.net.au) Many beautiful photos and fantastic information. PHOTOS
  7. Cicadas: Sound of the Australian Summer (australiangeographic.com.au) Features several photos, a cicada slide show, and general information.
  8. Morwell National Park Online (morwellnp.pangaean.net) Photos of Cicadetta abdominalis/Grasshopper firetail, Cicadetta denisoni/Black firetail, Cyclochila australasiae/Greengrocer, Pauropsalta rubristrigata/Great montane squeaker. PHOTOS
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  9. Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges - Cicadas (rainforest-australia.com) Several photos and many lists of cicada facts. Tropical North Queensland, Australia. PHOTOS
  10. AusEmade Cicada (ausemade.com.au) An abundance of cicada information including photos and a chart that tells you where you can find cicadas by scientific and common names. PHOTOS
  11. Family Cicadidae (drought.nsw.gov.au) worth visitng for the photo of the brown Cyclochila australasiae. PHOTOS

England

  1. Species Action Plan: New Forest Cicada (Cicadetta montana) (ukbap.org.uk) A photo and about ten paragraphs of information. PHOTOS

New Zealand

  1. New Zealand Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae): A virtual identification guide (landcareresearch.co.nz) A wonderful web site. Includes a visual identification guide, checklist, and image gallery. Photos of dozens of species. PHOTOS
  2. Suzy's World Cicada page (suzy.co.nz) Fun, kid-friendly presentation of cicada information. PHOTOS
  3. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (teara.govt.nz) Three paragraphs of information.
  4. Introducing cicadas (teara.govt.nz) Photos, sounds and 4 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS AUDIO
  5. New Zealand cicadas (troutbum.co.nz) Large photos of Kikihia and Amphipsalta. PHOTOS
  6. Mating pairs of cicadas and Cicada adults (hortnet.co.nz) Photos of Amphipsalta cingulata, Kikihia horologium, Notopsalta sericea, Amphipsalta. PHOTOS
  7. Cicada Central: New Zealand (uconn.edu) Cicada Central's New Zealand cicada pages. PHOTOS MAPS

Japan

  1. Cicadae in Japan (nifty.com) An excellent resource, including a list of Japanese cicadas, dozens of photos and audio files. AUDIO PHOTOS
  2. Japanese cicada photos and sounds (nat-museum.sanda.hyogo.jp) Photos and audio files for 27 cicadas. PHOTOS AUDIO
  3. Cicada stamps and scultptures from Japan and elsewhere (asahi-net.or.jp) PHOTOS
  4. Terpnosia nigricosta, Tibicen bihamatus, Cicada flammata and more (wrass.co.jp) Pictures and infomation, in Japanese. PHOTOS
  5. Japanese insect pictures (mus-nh.city.osaka.jp) Many cicada photos! PHOTOS

France

  1. Grande Cigale (inra.fr) A photo, sound files and a paragraph of information. PHOTOS AUDIO

Slovenia

  1. SONGS OF CICADAS from Slovenia and Istria (Croatia) (arnes.si) Many cicada photos, sound files and about six paragraphs of information. Prof.dr. Matija Gogala. PHOTOS AUDIO

Asia

  1. Bug Bios: Cicada in Chinese Folklore (insects.org) Photos of Chinese art and 20 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  2. Korean cicada photos (animalpicturesarchive.com) Korean Horse cicada, Korean grass cicada, Korean blackish cicada. PHOTOS
  3. Phantastic songs of the S.E.Asian cicadas! (arnes.si) Plenty of sounds and photos. PHOTOS AUDIO
  4. Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas! (pms-lj.si) Photos and many sound files. PHOTOS AUDIO
  5. Cicada sounds of Borneo (groms.de) Sound files and information. AUDIO

Assorted International

  1. Yahoo! Entomology-Cicadidae Group A Yahoo! Group for discussion of cicadas.
  2. Cicadas: Zoology (infochembio.ethz.ch) Dozens of links to cicada photos and information (sort of like this page). PHOTOS
  3. Spanish Wikipedia page (es.wikipedia.org) Photos and information. PHOTOS
  4. Insect Music (birdnature.com) General information. Mentions an East Indian cicada.
  5. Cicadas in Ancient Greece (insects.org) Several photos of Greek art, and 28 paragraphs of information. PHOTOS
  6. The Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of South Africa (ru.ac.za) About six photos and approximately 26 printed pages of information. PHOTOS
  7. What's that Bug (whatsthatbug.com) Another insect identification site, but this one has an international focus. Many cicada photos. PHOTOS.
  8. Flickr has over 10,000 cicada photos (about 11 times the amount on this site). PHOTOS

Buy Cicadas

  1. Shop My-Bugs.com for nicely framed ciadas. PHOTOS
  2. BugsDirectUK.com: Insects breeders Good basic information from the UK. PHOTOS
  3. Insect Sale Dried insects from around the world. PHOTOS
  4. God of Insects: worth visiting for the photos. PHOTOS
  5. The Bone Room sells preserved cicada specimens.
  6. Insect International PHOTOS

Cicada Goods

  1. Classy cicada gifts including fabrics, postcards, ceramic cicadas (lepinparasol.com)
  2. Cicada and insect t-shirts (sasquatchdesigns.com) from Sasquatch designs.
  3. Japanese Cicada Bag (etsy.com)

General Cicada Information

  1. Insectclopedia: a large portal of insect links for the purpose of insect research.
  2. Classic Nature Prints (classicnatureprints.com) A nice cicada illustration. ILLUSTRATIONS
  3. Nomina - Homoptera A-C (nearctica.com) A massive list of cicadidae species.
  4. Dave's Garden: Order: Homoptera, Family: Cicadidae (davesgarden.com) About 13 cicada photos from around the world. PHOTOS
  5. Interesting Facts About Cicadas (insectvista.com)

Tom eats a cicada
Tom: Cicada Gormandize.

Cicada Fossils

  1. Stone Lace: Fossil Specimens (cumuseum.colorado.edu) Photos of cicada fossils, and information. PHOTOS
  2. Florissant Fossil Specimens (nps.gov) Photos of cicada fossils, and information. PHOTOS

Cicada Killer Wasp links (cicada killer wasps are the cicada's mortal enemy)

  1. Prof. Chuck Holliday's Cicada-Killer Page (lafayette.edu) An abundance of information, photos and video. PHOTOS
  2. Ohio State University Extension Factsheet: Cicada Killer Wasp: (ag.ohio-state.edu) 11 paragraphs of information and one illustration. ILLUSTRATIONS

Select sites with links to CicadaMania.com

  1. Elizbeth McGrath: U.S.A. based artist.
  2. Laura Imbruglia: Aussie singer/songwriter.
  3. Death Cab for Cutie: U.S. rock band.
  4. Mirth, Musings, & More
  5. Weird Meat


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