Large Brown Cicada vs Highclere Treehopper

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Large Brown Cicada Highclere Treehopper
Scientific Name Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata Heteronotus trinodosus
Order Hemiptera Hemiptera
Family Cicadidae Membracidae
Size 35-40 mm 6-9 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Sap Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions Japan, Eastern China, Korea Central America, South America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Large Brown Cicada

A common Japanese cicada known as 'aburazemi' with opaque brownish wings, unusual among cicadas. It produces an oil-sizzling sound that fills urban and forested areas in summer.

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Did You Know?

Its Japanese name 'aburazemi' means 'oil cicada' because its call sounds like oil sizzling in a frying pan.

Highclere Treehopper

A Neotropical treehopper with three distinct knobs on its elongated pronotum. It is an ant-attended species found in lowland tropical forests.

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Did You Know?

The three bumps on its pronotum may mimic the appearance of ant-tended scale insects to avoid predation.