Cicadas have sometimes been described as beetles with wings sticking out. The nymphs have been described as 'beetles that turn into flies. ' Cicadas are closely related to leafhoppers, planthoppers and spittlebugs. but in real cases, Are cicadas considered beetles? No, they are in the order Hemiptera (aka true bugs). Beetles are in the order Coleoptera. but sometimes we called it beetle☺