Cicada

Male cicadas can ‘sing’ very loudly. They use special membranous areas of their exoskeleton, called timbals, to produce sound. The sound is in the form of rapid clicks that are amplified by hollow areas of the cicada’s abdomen.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
314/2007/1
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Arthropods
Common Name
cicada
Simple Name
insect:bug

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HOMOPTERA: CIRCADIDAE: cicada