On May 12, 2017, an engorged adult female of Haemaphysalis megaspinosa (Acari: Ixodidae) was collected under a tree branch on the ground in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

On August 11, 2016, an adult female of Ixodes ovatus (Acari: Ixodidae) was collected by a light trap in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

Stored-product insects and their natural enemies were investigated by a trap baited with brown rice in a rice-milling factory on Okinawa-jima Island, Okinawa, Japan. The trapping period was September 1–17, 2014. Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton), Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), psocid and Amphibolus venator (Klug) were collected. There is only one report of A. venator being collected in Japan in 1999; this is the first record since then.

I captured a female Blackish cicada (Cryptotympana facialis) on the stairs of a pedestrian bridge in Tokyo, Odaiba on August 26, 2017. There are some reports on its distribution in our country, but remains unclear whether it inhabits Tokyo in large number. I heard the call of Blackish cicada for the first time in Odaiba in the summer of 2016. Furthermore, based on what I heard in the summer in 2017, and the capture of a female cicada, it appeared that this species is more likely to settle in Odaiba. In Osaka-shi, the Optical fiber cable snapping accident and noise pollution owing to the call of Blackish cicada were reported. Therefore, this insect is recognized as an urban insect pest. In Osaka-shi, I comment on the process that became an urban insect pest of this species.