Large Brown Cicada

Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Cicadidae

Also called: Brown Cicada, Oil Cicada

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Large Brown Cicada
Photo: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY

The large brown cicada measures about 55 to 60 mm in length with a wingspan near 75 mm. Its typical life cycle from egg to adult death lasts around three years.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata is the scientific name for the large brown cicada.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults are about 55 to 60 mm long and have a wingspan of roughly 75 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Their range covers Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and China in East Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Large Brown Cicada photo 3
Photo: Norio Nomura, CC BY-SA

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/Graptopsaltria_nigrofuscata

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

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