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Cicada? Approx. 5cm
Montane evergreen forest. Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary.
Spotted on Aug 12, 2012
Submitted on Aug 16, 2012
2 Comments
At first sight I thought of a butterfly cicada and Tosena sybylla. But if you look carefully at the position and size of the eyes and shape of the head, I have some little doubts if this is really a cicada. Might rather be some ind of a leafhopper. However the size of the whole insect (5 cm!) speaks more for a cicada, which usually have more glassy wings. The view from the side looks as well not specially like a cicada. Tricky one!!
Just a few links for info...
http://www.exoinsects.com/index_page/ind...
http://www.insect-sale.com/kr/photo.asp?...
Nice video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45763236@N0...
Smae one as photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45763236@N0...
Cute..