{"id":7163,"date":"2017-07-06T21:08:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T04:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2024-07-31T18:46:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T01:46:59","slug":"cicada-3301-cicada-compared-to-distantalna-splendida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/cicada-3301-cicada-compared-to-distantalna-splendida\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicada 3301 cicada compared to Distantalna splendida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I took a fresh look at the 3301 Cicada image. In the past I thought it was a composition of multiple cicadas — and it still might be — but I now think it’s primarily a Distantalna splendida<\/strong> formerly Tosena splendida<\/strong>, a cicada found in southern Asia (China, India, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.). Distortions caused by embossing — or whatever filters they used — make identifying the cicada difficult. <\/p>\n

Here’s my comparison of the wings. <\/p>\n

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I will probably do a comparison of the body and head at some point. <\/p>\n

Here’s a photo of this Splendid<\/strong> cicada:
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Specimens vary in appearance (size, wing patterns) from individual to individual — they all look similar, but they’re not exact matches. The process of spreading a specimen’s wings and preserving it can also alter its appearance, and introduce unnatural changes to the insect’s morphology. <\/p>\n

Distantalna splendida are easy to find on eBay or taxidermy shops if you’re interested, although they’re often mislabeled using their former name Tosena splendida, or something totally different. <\/p>\n

Bonus: <\/p>\n

Here’s an illustration from A Monograph of Oriental Cicadas<\/strong> by W. L. Distant. 1889-1892. Read it on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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More information about 3301: Cicada 3301 – solution<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I took a fresh look at the 3301 Cicada image. In the past I thought it was a composition of multiple cicadas — and it still might be — but I now think it’s primarily a Distantalna splendida formerly Tosena splendida, a cicada found in southern Asia (China, India, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.). Distortions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1058,326,6,555],"tags":[628],"class_list":["post-7163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1058","category-distantalna","category-pop-culture","category-tosenini","tag-d-splendida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163","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=7163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}