Arabian cicada

Description

A common sight on trees and bushes in summer months,the Arabian cicada (Platypleura arabica) is also well known throughout its range for the loud,continuous ‘singing’ of the males.This relatively large,robust insect has a brown body with lighter bars of colour at the base of the wings,which are transparent,with dark veins.Like other cicadas,the Arabian cicada has sucking mouthparts,and the rostrum (the projecting part at the front of the snout) originates from the underside of the rear of the head,rather than from the front as in ‘true’ bugs.