#4113 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Ash Cicada
🇳🇱 Kraakcicade ·Cicada orni
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)
📍 Escola Secundária José Gomes Ferreira
📍 Greece
📍 Lisbon, Portugal
📍 Provincia di Lecce, Italia
📍 Gorges d'Héric, 34390 Mons, France
📍 Varoš, 21000, Split, Croatie
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. Escola Secundária José Gomes Ferreira:© Maria Emília Martins · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. Greece:© Sotirios Liakas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Lisbon, Portugal:© Maria Emília Martins · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. Provincia di Lecce, Italia:© Valentino Traversa · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Gorges d'Héric, 34390 Mons, France:© Johnnyrandom · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Varoš, 21000, Split, Croatie:© voyageurs_lyonnais · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cicada orni is a species of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadinae and the genus Cicada .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 15,818 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Ash Cicada
- Nederlands
- Kraakcicade
- scientific name
- Cicada orni
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Cicadidae
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 12,125
- sightings worldwide
- 15,818
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Cicadidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 243961, Wikidata Q2471275, GBIF 4482723, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.