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Bear cicadas sometimes gather on the same tree.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Bear cicada
- Scientific name
- Cryptotympana facialis
- Japanese name
- クマゼミ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Cryptotympana
A big cicada with a sturdy, blackish body. Its wings are see-through.
It sings loudly, 'shaa, shaa', mostly in the morning between sunrise and noon.
It perches on trees such as chinaberry and cherry to drink sap. It likes hot summers and dry soil, and adapts well to towns and cities.
How the Bear cicada lives
They appear from summer to early autumn. They often sing near the tips of branches. They also often perch low on tree trunks.
目黒区三鷹市Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 6–7 cm三鷹市
- Diet
- Sap of chinaberry, fragrant olive, cherry and other trees国土交通省 大隅河川国道事務所
- Range
- Honshu to Okinawa国土交通省 大隅河川国道事務所
Where the Bear 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
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 クマゼミChecked: 2026-11-03
- 目黒区 — 目黒に住む昆虫（セミ類）Checked: 2026-11-03
- 三鷹市 — みたかいきもの図鑑 クマゼミ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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