Minmin cicada
Amazing fact
Minmin cicadas live on flat land in Tokyo but are reported to live in mountain areas west of Nagoya.
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Minmin cicadas live on flat land in Tokyo but are reported to live in mountain areas west of Nagoya.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Minmin cicada
- Scientific name
- Hyalessa maculaticollis
- Japanese name
- ミンミンゼミ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Hyalessa
A cicada found from Hokkaido to Kyushu. It sings with a distinctive 'meeen-min-min' call.
It has clear wings and a pale green body with black markings. Its body is thick and short.
It is the males that sing, mainly to call females. It prefers trees such as zelkova and cherry.
How the Minmin cicada lives
As larvae, they spend a long time underground. After emerging as adults, they begin life above ground. During their short adult life above ground, males and females meet, mate and lay eggs.
三鷹市Basic data
- Lifespan
- 2–3 weeks as an adult
- Range
- Hokkaido to Kyushu
Where the Minmin 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
- ミンミンゼミ
- 简体中文
- 斑透翅蝉
- 繁體中文
- 斑透翅蟬
- 한국어
- 참매미
- Español
- Chicharra min-min
- Italiano
- Cicala robusta
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 三鷹市 — みたかいきもの図鑑 ミンミンゼミChecked: 2026-11-03
- 目黒区 — 目黒に住む昆虫（セミ類）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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