SCISSOR GRINDER CICADA
SPECIES: Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus
STATUS: Least Concern
HABITAT: Deciduous woodlands
DIET: Tree Sap
GENERAL: The Scissor Grinder Cicada received its name because of the sound the male makes when calling for females. It sounds like when someone uses a whetstone to sharpen scissors, knives and other tools.