Double Drummer

Double Drummer

A Double Drummer ("Thopha saccata") is an Australian cicada. It’s the largest and loudest cicada in the world. Tawny brown in colour with a black pattern across its back, the male Double Drummer has small pockets (‘timbals’) on each side of its abdomen - the ‘double drums’ – that are used to amplify the sound it produces.


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