Emperor Cicada

Tacua speciosa

''Tacua speciosa'' is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of its genus.
Emperor Cicada The Emperor Cicada, Tacua speciosa is one of the largest Cicada in the world. this one was around 6 cm and 15 cm wing span. It is also quite colourful with a band of yellow on its thorax, red spots at the top of abdomen and a segment of blue towards the end of its abdomen. Forewings are brown and hindwings are black in colour with white edges. Borneo,Geotagged,Malaysia,Sarawak,Summer,Tacua speciosa,cicada

Appearance

''Tacua speciosa'' has a wingspan of 15–18 cm and a head-body length of 4.7–5.7 cm . ''Megapomponia'', ''Pomponia'' and ''Tacua'' are the largest cicadas in the world. ''Tacua speciosa'' has black wings, a yellow-green collar, a red transversal stripe on the thorax and a turqouise-blue abdomen.
Emperor Cicada I know this picture is a bit ridiculous, there were many of them that were attracted by the light of the room I was staying at Similajau National Park. Besides this Emperor Cicada, there were at least 3 other varieties of Cicada, loads of them, attracted by the light. Most of them died by the next day, not sure the reason why. Those that didn't die, they were swept and discarded by the housekeeping staff who came to clean outside the room as there were too many insects, mostly moths and cicadas but also Praying Mantis. In this picture of 4 of them, can see the variation in the green and yellow band on their thorax. Emperor Cicada,Geotagged,Malaysia,Sarawak,Summer,Tacua speciosa

Distribution

This species can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java and in the Malay Peninsula.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyCicadidae
GenusTacua
SpeciesT. speciosa
Photographed in
Malaysia