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Giant Cicada
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True bugs, cicadas & leafhoppers

Giant Cicada

Quesada gigas (Olivier, 1790)

Names

EnglishGiant Cicada
Dutch—
SpanishCigarra gigante
Chinese—
Scientific nameQuesada gigas (Olivier, 1790)

About this species

The giant cicada (Quesada gigas), also known as the chichara grande, coyoyo, or coyuyo, is a species of large cicada native to North, Central, and South America. One of two species in the genus Quesada, it is the widest ranging cicada in the Western Hemisphere.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyCicadidae
GenusQuesada

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