This is an excellent video about different species of cicadas in Japan:
日本のセミ 鳴き声集『16種のセミ』【2022年バージョン】
The video was made by @SumatoragohanCicada.
I’m going to take some time and add time stamps and species names for English watchers.
December 21, 2022
December 20, 2022
A video of a Meimuna kuroiwae cicada
Enjoy this video of a Meimuna kuroiwae by saku dainaman2 on YouTube:
February 26, 2022
Unique Cicada website from Japan
“Unique Cicada” (that is how Chrome translates it) is a large blog featuring many photos of cicadas from around the world. The site is owned by @musinomushi on Twitter. Instantly one of the premier cicada websites.
The site is categorized by cicada tribes, for example, Carinetini, Cryptotympanini and Zammarini.
Here’s what it looks like translated to English by Chrome.
March 20, 2020
Hyalessa maculaticollis maculaticollis photo by Osamu Hikino
Hyalessa maculaticollis maculaticollis photo by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
Male Yezoterpnosia nigricosta photo by Osamu Hikino
Male Yezoterpnosia nigricosta photo by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
Male Tanna japonensis photo by Osamu Hikino
Male Tanna japonensis photo by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
Euterpnosia chibensis photos by Osamu Hikino
Euterpnosia chibensis photos by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
February 29, 2020
Molting cicada photos from Japan by John McDonald
Molting cicada photos from Japan by John McDonald. Taken in 2004.
March 8, 2019
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata is a cicada found in Japan and Korea. There are two subspecies. It is also known as Abura-zemi.
Photo by Osamu Hikino:
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Polyneurini
SubTribe: Polyneurina
Genus: Graptopsaltria
Species:
- Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata badia Kato, 1925
- Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata nigrofuscata (de Motschulsky, 1866)
For more information about this cicada, visit Cicadae in Japan.
According to iNaturalist observations this cicada is found in July and August.
Species name information comes from Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).
