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Emperor Cicada This Emperor Cicada - Tacua speciosa is a very large sized Cicada and very colourful too.<br /> During this trip, saw lots of them, mostly attracted by the light outside my room, but also saw them in the forest.<br /> They have a band on the thorax, in this one, its light green but there are others with yellow band too. Emperor Cicada,Geotagged,Malaysia,Summer,Tacua speciosa Click/tap to enlarge

Emperor Cicada

This Emperor Cicada - Tacua speciosa is a very large sized Cicada and very colourful too.
During this trip, saw lots of them, mostly attracted by the light outside my room, but also saw them in the forest.
They have a band on the thorax, in this one, its light green but there are others with yellow band too.

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The Emperor Cicada

''Tacua speciosa'' is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of its genus.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Sep 5, 2016. Captured Sep 4, 2016 23:25 in Jalan Coastal Bintulu - Miri, Similajau, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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  • TG-4
  • f/5.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 11.01mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.