Sinfonia opalifera, known commonly as Walker's cicada or the elongate cicada, is a species of cicada native to China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Korean Peninsula. It emerges in July and is no longer seen by about October. It is also known in Japan as tsuku-tsuku-bōshi (ツクツクボウシ), named after its distinctive call.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Priest Cicada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Streeyola mongolica
- Macrosemia pieli
- Streeyola iwasakii
- Macrosemia kareisana
- Macrosemia umbrata
- Yezoterpnosia obscura
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Sinfonia
- Species
- Sinfonia opalifera
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