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title: "Scissor Grinder"
description: "Neotibicen pruinosus — Insetti e ragni. Neotibicen pruinosus, commonly known as the scissor grinder, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/scissor-grinder
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scissor Grinder

> Neotibicen pruinosus — Insetti e ragni. Neotibicen pruinosus, commonly known as the scissor grinder, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.

- Scientific name: *Neotibicen pruinosus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11702
- Wikidata: [Q54984707](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54984707)
- iNaturalist taxon: [469268](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469268)

## Names

- en: Scissor Grinder
- fr: Cigale pruinée

## Countries with the most observations

US (7775), CA (41)

## Summary

Neotibicen pruinosus, commonly known as the scissor grinder, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.

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

## Photo

![Scissor Grinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scissor-grinder/medium.jpg)

Photo: Edwin Wilke · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/306711935

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scissor-grinder?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).