A Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/1/2017). Verified by Brandon Woo/BugGuide.

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A Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). Verified by Bill Reynolds/BugGuide.

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). Verified by Bill Reynolds/BugGuide.

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/18/2022). (c) elizabeth n carter, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 700277 - Psn: 66)

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/7/2021). (c) swindsor, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 523795 - Psn: 75)

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/7/2021). (c) swindsor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/7/2022). (c) pmhabicht, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 700283 - Psn: 75)

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Prince George's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) trinectes, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 420808 - Psn: 76)

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 221104 - Psn: 77)

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/9/2022). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 700289 - Psn: 78)

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/9/2022). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/1/2021). (c) janekostenko, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1292060 - Psn: 78)

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/1/2021). (c) janekostenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/15/2023). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 889485 - Psn: 88)

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/15/2023). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/11/2021). (c) Sharon Vandivere, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1169152 - Psn: 88)

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/11/2021). (c) Sharon Vandivere, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/12/2021). No rights reserved.

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/15/2023). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/25/2021). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). - Wayne Longbottom.

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A Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/1/2017). Verified by Brandon Woo/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). Verified by Bill Reynolds/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Mary B. Hollinger.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). Verified by Bill Reynolds/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Mary B. Hollinger.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/18/2022). (c) elizabeth n carter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by elizabeth_n_carter via iNaturalist.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/7/2021). (c) swindsor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by swindsor via iNaturalist.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/7/2022). (c) pmhabicht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by pmhabicht via iNaturalist.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Ashley Bradford.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/9/2022). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Wayne Longbottom.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/1/2021). (c) janekostenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jane Kostenko.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Ashley Bradford.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/15/2023). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jenny Glenn via iNaturalist.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/11/2021). (c) Sharon Vandivere, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Sharon Vandivere via iNaturalist.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/12/2021). No rights reserved. View Record Details Media by Karen Elizabeth via iNaturalist.

Northern Dusk Singing Cicada in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/15/2023). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jenny Glenn via iNaturalist.

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Megatibicen grossus

Megatibicen grossus, Mississippi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Megatibicen
Species:	M. grossus
Binomial name
*Megatibicen grossus* (Germar, 1834)
Synonyms
Synonymy Tettigonia grossa Tibicen auletes Neotibicen auletes Megatibicen auletes

Megatibicen grossus, formerly Megatibicen auletes,^[1] commonly called the northern dusk-singing cicada, giant oak cicada, or southern oak cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in the eastern United States and portions of southeastern Canada.^[2]

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M. grossus is the largest cicada species in North America north of Mexico. It is associated with oak trees.^[3]

References

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^ Mozgai, Dan (1 August 2023). "Megatibicen auletes is changing to Megatibicen grossus – Cicada Mania". Cicadia Mania. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
^ ^a ^b Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi:10.3390/d5020166.
^ ^a ^b "Megatibicen auletes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

Taxon identifiers
Megatibicen auletes	Wikidata: Q55527203 BOLD: 968120 CoL: 6QXM6 GBIF: 9592223 iNaturalist: 740121 NatureServe: 2.115626 NCBI: 2565834 Open Tree of Life: 5834921
Tibicen auletes	Wikidata: Q18394328 BugGuide: 6968 CoL: 8J7LW GBIF: 7753692 ITIS: 846778 NCBI: 1699719 Observation.org: 197578

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Northern Dusk Singing Cicada

Megatibicen grossus (Germar, 1834)

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