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.
Dedicated to cicadas, the most amazing insects in the world.
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.
Enjoy this video of a Meimuna kuroiwae by saku dainaman2 on YouTube:
“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.
Hyalessa maculaticollis maculaticollis photo by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
Male Yezoterpnosia nigricosta photo by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
Male Tanna japonensis photo by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
Euterpnosia chibensis photos by Osamu Hikino. Japan.
Molting cicada photos from Japan by John McDonald. Taken in 2004.
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:
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).