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Double Drummer Cicada

Thopha saccata

2 Species ID Suggestions

Double Drummer
Thopha saccata Double Drummer - Thopha saccata
Northern Double Drummer
Thopha Sessiliba Northern Double Dummer Thopha sessiliba


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15 Comments

bennyruner
bennyruner a year ago

Fantastic - the northern double Drummer. Different colouration to the Eastern double drummer found further south, notably the white on parts of thorax and end of the abdomen

KarenL
KarenL 9 years ago

Fun fact! Meet the loudest insect in the world! The double drummer cicada from Australia gets its name from the drum like structures on each side of the abdomen of adult males that are used to amplify the sound it produces to attract females. The song of the double drummer is reputed to be the loudest sound of any insect, reaching an earsplitting 120 dB – louder than most rock concerts! https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/...

Andrea Lim
Andrea Lim 11 years ago

Beautiful colours Mac! Nice pics

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Spectacular!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Wonderfully colored Cicada! It looks similar to a female Thopha sessiliba (Northern Double Drummer) but I am not sure it is that species:
http://v2.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrows...

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Thanks Bernadete S

courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson 11 years ago

Beautiful color!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Possibly a Macrotristria species.
http://sci-s03.bacs.uq.edu.au/ins-info/M...

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 11 years ago

Beautiful species! Any ID?

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 11 years ago

Beautiful detail!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Cool!

ShannaB
ShannaB 11 years ago

What a beauty, Mac!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Added photo

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

What a colorful Cicada!

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Very nice.

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

Julatten, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Feb 8, 2013
Submitted on Feb 8, 2013

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