Cicadas (Cicadidae)
find out about cicadas Listen to the music of cicadas
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| Tosena splendida (Cicadidae) | |||
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Dundubia spiculata (Cicadidae) |
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Cryptotympana aquila (Cicadidae) |
Pomponia linearis (Cicadidae) | ||
| "Cicadas produce their din by rapidly vibrating a drum-like membrane located on each side of the body. Only males make this noise." (Bangkok Post) | |||
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thanks to Tony Ball for finding this decorative cicada Orientopsaltria fangrayae (Boulard 2000) |
Tailainga binghami | ||
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| Ambragaeana ambra | Angamiana floridula | Salvazana imperialis | Tocena albata hear him! |
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| Tocena splendida | Pomponia intermedia | Cryptotympana mandarina | |
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| Gaeana festiva | Tosena paviei | Gaeana Cheni | Khuanaina draluobi |
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| Platypleura mira | Hueschys sanguinea (one of the smallest cicadas) | Formotosena montivaga | Salvazana mirabilis |
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| Macrotristia chantranei | Platylomia species | Ayuthia spectabile WPP | Tosena melanoptera |
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| Macrotristia tomkiniana | cicadas' compound eyes give them 180 degree vision (plus they have 3 simple eyes too) | Pomponia scitula | |
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| Why do so many insects carry a fast food logo? | Huechys sanguinea | ||
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| Dundubia spiculata | Cryptotympana mandarina | ||
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| Cryptotympana aquila | |||
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| Orientopsaltria fangayae mating | |||
read the Bangkok Post article on cicadas
A must for cicada lovers!
Thanks to Michel Boulard and Michel Chantraine for several of the ID's