Large brown cicada
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Adult large brown cicadas can be seen from summer into early autumn.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Large brown cicada
- Scientific name
- Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
- Japanese name
- アブラゼミ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Graptopsaltria
A very common cicada of the lowlands. It perches on trees such as cherry and drinks their sap.
Its wings are brown and not see-through. Its body ranges from black to reddish brown.
Its call, 'jee-jiri-jiri', is said to sound like oil sizzling in a pan, which is how it got its name (abura means oil).
How the Large brown cicada lives
It calls in the morning and from late afternoon into the evening.
目黒区Basic data
- Size
- 53–60 mm
- Diet
- Sap of cherry and other trees in the rose family
- Range
- Hokkaido to Yakushima
Where the Large brown cicada has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アブラゼミ
- 简体中文
- 油蝉
- 繁體中文
- 油蟬
- 한국어
- 유지매미
- Français
- Cigale friture
- العربية
- زيز بني كبير
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 国土交通省 大隅河川国道事務所 — 肝属川の昆虫 アブラゼミChecked: 2026-11-03
- 目黒区 — 目黒に住む昆虫（セミ類）Checked: 2026-11-03
- 守山市 — 美崎公園とその周辺の自然（セミのなかま）Checked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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