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Cacama valvata Cicada

View other parts of this set: part 2, part 3, and part 4.

Adam Fleishman has captured some amazing photos of Cacama valvata cicadas. They were taken in Tucson, AZ. Elevation 2,450 ft.

See more of Adam’s work at his photography web site: Cometmoth Sight and Sound.

Ovipositing female:
Cacama valvata cicada photo by Adam Fleishman

Female:
Cacama valvata cicada photo by Adam Fleishman

Molted cicada skin (exuvia):
Exuvia

Cacama valvata cicada photo by Adam Fleishman

Can you ID this cicada from Bangkok, Thailand? Santisuk Vibul (the photographer) and I would be greatly pleased it your could.

Update: Here’s the ventral view, David:

Cicada, Cicada. Santisuk Vibul. Thailand. 2006.

Thailand Cicada

Some more info:

Cicada in Bangkok, Thailand.
An annual adult male cicada of unspecified genus and species.
Photo taken: April 15, 2006 by Santisuk Vibul, Bangkok, Thailand. (While it was alive)
Characteristics: The cicada is brown in color with red eyes and brown wing veins. The total body length is 5 cm including wings. The body only is 3.5 cm and the body width is 1.5 cm.
Please notice about a white band on the tail part of the body, it appears in both males and females.
The calling songs of the cicada more or less resemble that of T. auletes.