![]() ![]() The body is coloured reddish-brown with green around the compound eye and in the centre and back of the thorax mountain dwelling specimens tend to be darker. In addition, the intra- abdominal cavity of the male is more developed, giving it a more resonant call. The male's abdomen is longer and thicker than that of the female, making it easy to distinguish between them. In Japan, it is also known as kanakana ( カナカナ) because of the noise that it makes. ![]() One of its possible kanji names (茅蜩) is derived from the character (茅) for a category of grasses that includes Miscanthus sinensis, a type of reed that it inhabits. Its shrill call can be heard most often in the morning and evening. It is distributed throughout East Asia, and is most common in Japan. Tanna japonensis, also called the evening cicada or higurashi ( Japanese: 日暮, 蜩, 茅蜩, ひぐらし), is a species of cicada, a family of insects, and a member of the genus Tanna. ![]()
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