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singing cicada

Cosmopsaltria doryca

Description:

This is a very common cicada for this location. It was at rest and quiet on this screen early this morning. Some of these individuals (like this one) have a very short abdomen. Both forms including the "normal length" occur here.) See the last reference link to see images of both). I don't know why the abdomen is "truncated".

Habitat:

Spotted on the outside screen of a house within a large partially wooded yard & garden, and adjacent to a very disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest. This is in the equatorial lowland tropics of northern New Guinea.

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1 Comment

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

I guess the next one will be just a face and wings. :-)

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Jun 2, 2014
Submitted on Jun 2, 2014

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