Lyric cicada Neotibicen lyricen virescens (Davis, 1935) Neotibicen pruinosus Neotibicen pruinosus fulvus (Beamer, 1924) Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus (Say, 1825) – Scissor grinder cicada Neotibicen robinsonianus (Davis, 1922) – Robinson's cicada Neotibicen similaris Neotibicen similaris apalachicola Marshall and Hill, 2017 Neotibicen similaris similaris (Smith and Grossbeck, 1907) – Similar dog-day cicada Neotibicen superbus (Fitch, 1855) – Superb southwestern cicada Neotibicen tibicen Neotibicen tibicen australis (Davis, 1912) Neotibicen tibicen tibicen (= Tibicen chloromerus) (Linnaeus, 1758) – Swamp cicada Neotibicen winnemanna (Davis, 1912) – Eastern scissor grinder cicada Predators Many animals feed on cicadas, which usually occurs during the final days when they become easy prey near the ground. One of the more notable predators is the cicada killer. This is a large wasp that catches the dog-day cicada. After catching and stinging the insect to paralyze it, the cicada killer carries it back to its hole and drags it underground to a chamber where it lays its eggs in the paralyzed cicada. When the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae feed on the paralyzed, but still living, cicada. Gallery References External links Massachusetts Cicadas InsectSingers.com. - acoustic signaling insects Cryptotympanini Cicadidae genera