Neotibicen auletes (formerly Tibicen auletes; see Hill et al. 2015) is known from Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginiia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin(U.S.A.) (Sanborn & Phillips 2013) and southern Canada (Hill et al. 2015). This is a forest species that uses various hardwood (especially oaks, Quercus) as host plants. This is the largest U.S. cicada and its song is a slow, harsh "drr-drr-drr". (Hill et al. 2015)
Megatibicen auletes commonly, but informally 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.[1]
M. auletes is the largest cicada species in North America north of Mexico. It is associated with Quercus.[2]
Megatibicen auletes commonly, but informally 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.
