Species group · Insects
Cicadas
WAnimals has 3 species of cicada, spread across 3 families (Cicadellidae, Cicadidae, Fulgoridae).
- 3 species
- 3 families
- 58 countries
- 9 parks
- Length
- 2 cm – 27 cm
- Lifespan
- 17 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 3.
All 3 species of cicadas on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 58 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
It feeds on xylem sap from tree roots as a nymph, and from branches as an adult.
The adult lives only 4 to 6 weeks after 17 years underground as a nymph.
Its mass emergence, at over a million insects per hectare, is a strategy of predator satiation.
Using its saw-like ovipositor the female cuts a slit in stems and in the bark of young shoots to insert the eggs, which can damage willow and fruit tree saplings.
From Green Leafhopper
Its body is coated in brochosomes, microscopic protein particles that it secretes and spreads with its legs, forming a water-repellent layer that sheds both water and its own honeydew.
From Green Leafhopper
It jumps by driving off with its hind legs at accelerations of several hundred times gravity.
From Green Leafhopper
Detected in Pennsylvania in 2014, it has become one of the most publicised insect invasions in the United States, with campaigns urging the public to squash any individual they see.
From Spotted Lanternfly
Its honeydew coats the ground and the vegetation under infested trees and encourages a black fungus, sooty mould, that blackens leaves, cars and street furniture.
From Spotted Lanternfly