A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
I think it's a giant cicada? These have a size upto circa 8cm.
jungle
Found at night in the jungles of Maliau Basin
Spotted on Mar 11, 2011
Submitted on Jul 11, 2011
7 Comments
Probably some huge species.
Cicada nymphs spent years underground so they must have plenty of time to grow that large.
I didn't bother about the exact location on googlemaps, ChunXingWong. I just added "Sabah, Malaysia" in the map.
These nymphs already have such big sizes?
By the way, that is a cicada nymph that has just came out from the soil and is ready to molt into an adult cicada.
I believe that Maliau Basin is further south from the location you pointed in the map.
:)
Thanks a lot!
all your spottings very impressive!