{"id":1134,"date":"2010-07-12T19:47:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T02:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2020-03-25T19:04:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T02:04:19","slug":"cicada-alphabet-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/cicada-alphabet-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicada Alphabet: A"},"content":{"rendered":"

A is for antennae<\/strong>. Cicadae antennae are situated between their eyes and their clypeus. Insects use their antennae to smell and sense touch, temperature, and vibration. <\/p>\n

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More: <\/p>\n

Abricta curvicosta<\/strong>: The Abricta curvicosta is an Australian cicada also known as the Floury Baker (because its abdomen appears to be floury). You can find this cicada in eastern Australia. Here’s a photo of an A. curvicosta:
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Floury Baker by Michelle Thompson.<\/p>\n

Visit Brisbane cicadas<\/a> for more photos, information and audio.<\/p>\n

Ambragaeana ambra<\/strong>: The Ambragaeana ambra is a cicada that can be found in Thailand. This cicada has remarkable brown, yellow, orange and black colored wings. Here’s a photo of an Ambragaeana ambra:
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Ambragaeana ambra photo by Michel Chantraine.<\/p>\n

Angamiana floridula<\/strong>: The Angamiana floridula is a cicada that can be found in Thailand. This cicada has orange, brown & cream colored wings. Here’s a photo of an Angamiana floridula.
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Angamiana floridula photo by Michel Chantraine.<\/p>\n

Arunta perulata<\/strong>: The Arunta perulata is an Australian cicada also know as the White Drummer. This cicada can be found in eastern Australia. They’re known for their pronounced sack-like tymbal covers (the white drums?). Here’s a photo of an Arunta perulata:
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White Drummer cicada (Arunta perulata). Photo by David Emery.<\/p>\n

Visit the CSIRO website<\/a> for more information and an illustration<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Ayuthia spectabile<\/strong>: The Ayuthia spectabile is a cicada than can be found in Thailand. This cicada’s coloration features cream, light brown, black and mint green. Here’s a photo of an Ayuthia spectabile:
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To learn more about Australian cicadas, try the book Australian Cicadas<\/strong> by M.S. Moulds, or online at Brisbane Cicadas<\/a>. <\/p>\n

This is the start of a new feature on Cicada Mania called the Cicada Alphabet<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A is for antennae. Cicadae antennae are situated between their eyes and their clypeus. Insects use their antennae to smell and sense touch, temperature, and vibration. More: Abricta curvicosta: The Abricta curvicosta is an Australian cicada also known as the Floury Baker (because its abdomen appears to be floury). You can find this cicada in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cicada-alphabet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}