Robust cicada
The robust cicada is a chunky, egg-shaped cicada from East Asia. It is black with bright blue-green spots, and its big clear wings are larger than its body. In summer the males sing a loud song that sounds like min, min, min, min.
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Fun facts
In Japan it is called minminzemi, which means the minmin cicada, after its song.
Cicadas in Korea and China sing a bit differently than in Japan, a little like a cicada accent.
Only the males sing.
In cold northern Japan it can only live in a few warm places heated by hot springs and volcanoes.
Some are almost all blue-green with hardly any black spots.
Most asked questions about Robust cicada
?What sound does the robust cicada make?
The male sings a loud min, min, min song. In Korea it sounds more like maem, maem, maem.
?Is the robust cicada dangerous?
No. It cannot bite or sting people.
?How big is the robust cicada?
It is about 3.5 centimetres long, with wings that are bigger than its body.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hyalessa maculaticollis
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Cicadidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Minmin cicada
Where the facts come from
- Hyalessa maculaticollis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Alpsdake. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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