Annual Cicadas are those Cicadas that are heard calling in the tree-tops every summer and into fall and contain the genus Tibicen, Diceroprocta, Neocicada and Okanagana (though Okanagana are considered "proto-periodical" than annual with light emergences every year and heavier emerences every 4 years) in the United States.

Lifecycle development differentiates Annual Cicadas from Periodical Cicadas where Annual Cicadas take two or more years to develop. United States Annual Cicadas usually contain the colors black, brown, green and gold with most having white waxy underbellies. Most Annual Cicadas are larger than Periodical Cicadas. Annual Cicada broods encompass a wide region of the United states. Annual Cicada broods are not developmentally synchronized thus, they overlap resulting in hearing the same species of Cicadas every summer.

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