Black and scarlet cicada

Huechys sanguinea · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Cicadidae

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Black and scarlet cicada
Photo: 孫鋒 林, CC BY-SA 2.0

The black and scarlet cicada is a small, brightly coloured insect with a deep scarlet body, black limbs and proboscis, and smoky-grey wings. It grows to about 20 mm long and typically appears in April across its native range in South and Southeast Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Its body is deep scarlet, while its proboscis, legs and other limbs are deep black, and its wings are smoky-grey.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults reach roughly 20 mm (0.79 in) in length.

Source: Wikipedia

When you see it

These cicadas usually emerge together in April.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Black and scarlet cicada photo 3
Photo: LiCheng Shih, CC BY-SA 2.0
Black and scarlet cicada photo 4
Photo: Chih-Horng Kuo, CC BY-SA
Black and scarlet cicada photo 5
Photo: portioid, CC BY-SA 2.0
Black and scarlet cicada photo 6
Photo: LiCheng Shih, CC BY-SA 2.0

Same family (Cicadidae)

Northern Dog-day CicadaNorthern Dog-day CicadaNeotibicen canicularisSwamp CicadaSwamp CicadaNeotibicen tibicenPharaoh CicadaPharaoh CicadaMagicicada septendecimAsh CicadaAsh CicadaCicada orniScissor GrinderScissor GrinderNeotibicen pruinosusSuperb Dog-day CicadaSuperb Dog-day CicadaNeotibicen superbus

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huechys_sanguinea

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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