Neotibicen lyricen
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Neotibicen lyricen, the lyric cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. These three subspecies belong to the species Neotibicen lyricen: Neotibicen lyricen engelhardti (Davis & W.T., 1910) g b (dark lyric cicada)
Neotibicen lyricen lyricen g b (lyric cicada) Neotibicen lyricen virescens (Davis, 1935) b (coastal lyric cicada) Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lyric Cicada sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 441st most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lyric Cicada in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December–June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lyric Cicada sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lyric Cicada sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lyric Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
