Ioba leopardina (Distant, 1881) is an African species of Cicada. They are 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in) long, including the wings, and with mottled grey cryptic colouration.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Leopard-spotted Cicada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Ioba
- Species
- Ioba leopardina
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