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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Eastern Scissors Grinder Cicada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Neotibicen pruinosus
- Neotibicen linnei
- Neotibicen latifasciatus
- Neotibicen robinsonianus
- Neotibicen davisi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Neotibicen
- Species
- Neotibicen winnemanna
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