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singing cicada
Cosmopsaltria doryca
-2.563, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
I normally find this species by its loud "singing" but this quiescent specimen was spied glimmering in the late afternoon sunlight. As noted in the comments this specimen has a relatively short abdomen. While this is not typical of most I observe, here is an image from elsewhere of this form http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Hemiptera/Auchenorrhyncha/C…
Habitat:
Spotted on a beach mahogany tree (Calophyllum inophyllum) in a large partially wooded yard & garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest. This is in the equatorial lowland tropics of northern New Guinea.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 28, 2014
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