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title: "Swamp Cicada"
description: "Neotibicen tibicen — Insecten en spinnen. Neotibicen tibicen, known generally as the swamp cicada or morning cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/swamp-cicada
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Swamp Cicada

> Neotibicen tibicen — Insecten en spinnen. Neotibicen tibicen, known generally as the swamp cicada or morning cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.

- Scientific name: *Neotibicen tibicen*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 21699
- Wikidata: [Q28607990](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28607990)
- iNaturalist taxon: [469282](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469282)

## Names

- en: Swamp Cicada
- es: Chicharra de pantano

## Countries with the most observations

US (15757), CA (3)

## Summary

Neotibicen tibicen, known generally as the swamp cicada or morning cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is widespread across much of the eastern and central United States and portions of southeastern Canada. There are two subspecies, N. tibicen tibicen and N. tibicen australis, with the latter replacing subspecies tibicen in portions of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

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

## Photo

![Swamp Cicada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swamp-cicada/medium.jpg)

Photo: Judson Collins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177646148

## Machine access

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