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title: "Ash Cicada"
description: "Cicada orni — Insetti e ragni. Cicada orni, colloquially called the common cicada or ash cicada, is the type species of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadinae, and the genus Cicada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ash-cicada
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ash Cicada

> Cicada orni — Insetti e ragni. Cicada orni, colloquially called the common cicada or ash cicada, is the type species of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadinae, and the genus Cicada.

- Scientific name: *Cicada orni*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 15671
- Wikidata: [Q2471275](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2471275)
- iNaturalist taxon: [243961](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/243961)

## Names

- en: Ash Cicada
- de: Mannasingzikade
- es: Cigarra Común
- fr: Cigale grise
- nl: Mannacicade

## Countries with the most observations

FR (3372), IT (3156), PT (1612), GR (1553), HR (1193), ES (532), RU (196), GE (167), UA (95), ME (65), CH (55), AL (42)

## Summary

Cicada orni, colloquially called the common cicada or ash cicada, is the type species of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadinae, and the genus Cicada.
The genus name comes directly from the Latin cicada 'buzzer', while the species name orni possibly comes from Fraxinus ornus (Manna Ash or South European Flowering Ash), where this cicada often lay its eggs deep in branches.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_orni

## Photo

![Ash Cicada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ash-cicada/medium.jpg)

Photo: scorpionus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328474756

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ash-cicada?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).