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Eastern Scissor Grinder

Neotibicen winnemanna

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Cicadidae

Neotibicen winnemanna, commonly called the Eastern scissor(s) grinder, is a species of large bodied annual cicada in the genus Neotibicen. It is native to the Eastern United States, particularly the Piedmont Plateau and the outlying lower mountainous elevations of the Appalachians and inner, western portion of the Atlantic coastal plain. Description Neotibicen winnemanna is very similar to, but ultimately distinguished from, its midwestern and coastal counterparts, Neotibicen pruinosus and Neotibicen latifasciatus, respectively.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 396