{"id":4115,"date":"2023-11-21T17:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2023-11-21T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:34:32","slug":"cicada-genus-meimuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/cicada-genus-meimuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicada &#8211; Genus Meimuna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3509.jpg\" alt=\"Walker's Cicada\" class=\"wp-image-4116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3509.jpg 873w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3509-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_3509-768x901.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cicada.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably a cicada of the genus Meimuna, possibly Walker&#8217;s cicada, <em>Meimuna opalifera<\/em> which is commonly found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Mainland China. They feed on the sap of trees and are harmless and are believed to live for a total of 2 &#8211; 3 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Summer they can be very loud due to their large numbers. In Japan they are commonly called &#8220;<strong>tsuku-tsuku-b\u014dshi<\/strong>&#8221; due to the sound they make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meimuna_opalifera\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meimuna_opalifera<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniprot.org\/taxonomy\/179424\">https:\/\/www.uniprot.org\/taxonomy\/179424<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/meimuna\/\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/meimuna\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-national-museum-of-asian-art wp-block-embed-national-museum-of-asian-art\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P81z8m1paI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.si.edu\/whats-on\/blog\/posts\/the-cicada-in-china\/\">The Cicada in China<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Cicada in China&#8221; &#8212; National Museum of Asian Art\" src=\"https:\/\/asia.si.edu\/whats-on\/blog\/posts\/the-cicada-in-china\/embed\/#?secret=fJAJjVmoFk#?secret=P81z8m1paI\" data-secret=\"P81z8m1paI\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Probably a cicada of the genus Meimuna, possibly Walker&#8217;s cicada, Meimuna opalifera which is commonly found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Mainland China. They feed on the sap of trees and are harmless and are believed to live for a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/cicada-genus-meimuna\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,106],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-4115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-entomology","tag-china"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4122,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115\/revisions\/4122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}