Cicadas Neotibicen spp.

That wall of summer sound is Florida’s annual cicadas — no 17-year mega-brood here, just a dependable July chorus. Straight answer: cicadas don’t bite, don’t sting, don’t infest homes, and don’t need professional treatment. What they mostly need is tolerance.

Cicadas — identification photo
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Signs you have them

  • Loud pulsing buzz from trees, June–September
  • Crunchy shed skins on trunks and fences
  • Occasional clumsy one on the porch

What you can do today, free

  • Nothing to treat — pick shells off the pool skimmer and carry on
  • Small trees can be netted if egg-laying slits worry you
  • Dogs that snack on them may get an upset stomach; it passes

Questions, answered straight

So you won’t sell me a cicada treatment?

Correct. There’s nothing worth spraying, and anyone who says otherwise is selling noise. If what you’re hearing turns out to be lawn pests or wasps, those we handle.

Often found together