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title: "Superb Dog-day Cicada"
description: "Neotibicen superbus — Insects & spiders. Neotibicen superbus, the superb dog-day cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/superb-dog-day-cicada
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Superb Dog-day Cicada

> Neotibicen superbus — Insects & spiders. Neotibicen superbus, the superb dog-day cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.

- Scientific name: *Neotibicen superbus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9468
- Wikidata: [Q54984711](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54984711)
- iNaturalist taxon: [469277](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469277)

## Names

- en: Superb Dog-day Cicada
- es: Chicharra norteamericana verde

## Countries with the most observations

US (8802), MX (83)

## Summary

Neotibicen superbus, the superb dog-day cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is the greenest cicada in the neotibicen genus. It has reduced black patterning and looks different than most other cicadas in its genus. Its song is a soft buzz that reaches a crescendo.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neotibicen_superbus

## Photo

![Superb Dog-day Cicada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/superb-dog-day-cicada/medium.jpg)

Photo: aray637 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171485803

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/superb-dog-day-cicada?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).