Ogasawara Cicada
Meimuna boninensis
Photo: Jony Cooper / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Ogasawara Cicada is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands and occurs on Anijima and Ototojima as well as Chichijima and Hahajima. It clings to forest trees and sucks sap, and its calls are heard mainly from late summer into autumn. Predation by introduced green anoles and other alien species has greatly reduced populations on Chichijima and Hahajima. As a valuable endemic insect of Ogasawara, it is a national Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Meimuna boninensis
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Tokyo
- 日本語
- オガサワラゼミ
- 简体中文
- 小笠原蝉
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The Ogasawara Cicada is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokyo.
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