Cicadas in Nevada

Twenty-three species of cicadas are native to Nevada, and they come in all shapes and sizes. The dry environment of the state helps in their survival. The state only has annual cicadas. No periodical cicadas can be seen here. So Nevadans don’t have to wait for a decade or so to hear them sing. The annual cicadas sing their mating songs every summer.

Cicadas in Nevada (NV)

Types of Cicadas in Nevada

  • Cactus Dodger
  • Moore’s Cactus Dodger
  • Common Cactus Dodger
  • Clidophleps distanti distanti
  • Clidophleps tenuis
  • Clidophleps vagans
  • Citrus Cicada
  • Neoplatypedia constricta
  • Okanagana aurora
  • Mountain Cicada
  • Okanagana cruentifera
  • Okanagana formosa
  • Okanagana fratercula
  • Okanagana gibbera
  • Okanagana hesperia
  • Okanagana luteobasalis
  • Okanagana magnifica
  • Okanagana nigrodorsata
  • Okanagana occidentalis
  • Okanagana ornata
  • Okanagana pallidula
  • Say’s Cicada
  • Okanagana schaefferi
  • Okanagana sperata
  • Okanagana striatipes
  • Okanagana triangulata
  • Okanagana tristis rubrobasalis
  • Okanagana tristis tristis
  • Okanagana utahensis
  • Okanagana vanduzeei
  • Okanagodes gracilis gracilis
  • Salmonfly Cicada
  • Platypedia intermedia
  • Platypedia mohavensis mohavensis
  • Platypedia mohavensis rufescens
  • Putnam’s Cicada