Head of a Cicada from Japan

bugman

September 24th, 2010 at 7:16 am

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Location: Osaka, Japan. Urban environment.
September 23, 2010 11:59 am
I was out at the playground with my daughter and she asked me what kind of bug this is. I had to tell her that i had no idea.
I live in Osaka, Japan. This was taken Sept. 22nd at 1:30pm. It was on a fairly hot day. 30 degrees celsius with about 80% humidity.
Hope you guys can help.
Thanks!
Signature: Ajen

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Cicada Head

Dear Ajen,
Because of metamorphosis, many creatures have physical transformations that confound the imagination. The pupa is the sedentary stage of transformation between the mobile larva and the often visible and recognizable adult. We are just taking a guess that this might be the pupa of a Lady Beetle, erroneously but popularly called a Lady Bug. Perhaps one of our readers will have an opportunity to scour the internet to verify or refute our suspicions.

Correction
Got it. That’s the head of a cicada. I’m looking at a specimen we have here at the nature center, and I’m sure of it. Though I don’t know what kind of cicada.
Vince
Rum Village Nature Center

cicada head
Location: Indiana
September 24, 2010 3:00 pm
The mystery pupa that someone sent is actually a cicada head. Here’s a pic I just took, showing the cicada head still attached to a cicada.
Signature: Vince

Cicada Head

Thanks for the correction Vince. We feel a bit foolish, but we didn’t even enlarge the image this morning and we were in a rush to get to work, so we just plain didn’t look too closely.

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Vince1 wrote:
Got it. That’s the head of a cicada. I’m looking at a specimen we have here at the nature center, and I’m sure of it. Though I don’t know what kind of cicada.
Vince
Rum Village Nature Center
Posted 24 Sep 2010 at 2:47 pm ¶