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Cicada

Description:

A cicada ( /sɪˈkeɪdə/ or /sɪˈkɑːdə/) is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha (which was formerly included in the now invalid order Homoptera), in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified.

Habitat:

Mixed Dense Forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

AlbertTamayo
AlbertTamayo 11 years ago
Cicada
Family Cicadidae Cicada


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7 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

What a creature!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow! So fascinating!!!

AlbertTamayo
AlbertTamayo 11 years ago

I agree with Cindy. Looks like a cicada bug. Checkout this link: http://www.brighthub.com/environment/sci...

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Fantastic !

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

very cool insect!

Hi Adrish, this looks like this insect recently emerged and is on the exoskeleton. This should be in the Arthropod category.

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Very interesting insect!

AdrishPoddar
Spotted by
AdrishPoddar

Chhattisgarh, India

Spotted on Jun 22, 2012
Submitted on Jun 22, 2012

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