''Neotibicen tibicen'', known generally as the swamp cicada or morning cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is widespread across much of the eastern and central United States and portions of southeastern Canada. There are two

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, ''N. tibicen tibicen'' and ''N. tibicen australis'', with the latter replacing subspecies ''tibicen'' in portions of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

Description

''N. tibicen'' is active particularly in the morning; hence its common name, the morning cicada. It is strictly ectothermic, and only becomes active in the morning after basking in the sun to raise its body temperature. The species' name was ''Tibicen chloromerus'', but in 2008 it was changed to ''Tibicen tibicen'' because the cicada was determined to have been described first under this

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. The species was moved to the genus ''Neotibicen'' in 2015. ''N. tibicen'' is the most frequently encountered ''Neotibicen'' because it often perches on low vegetation. Likewise, it is arguably the most common ''Neotibicen'' in North America.

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*https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen-linnaeus-1758-aka-morning-cicada/ Insects of the United States Insects described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Cryptotympanini {{Cicadidae-stub