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New species of cicada identified in Bangladesh

Two Japanese discoveries and one in Bangladesh add new insects to the record, including a hoverfly that was wrongly identified for 150 years; nature keeps quiet files.

On air: Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on Weekend Edition
Published 1:15 PM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

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First reported by New Age BD: “New species of cicada identified in Bangladesh”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 1:15 PM ET on Weekend Edition, by Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Bangladesh.
BBN covered this story before: Mehazabien Chowdhury viral video trends on X in Bangladesh (October 16).

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New Age BDNew species of cicada identified in Bangladesh

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Dhaka today, researchers reported a new species of cicada identified in Bangladesh, a insect that has presumably been singing there for a very long time without anyone writing down its name.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSinging unsupervised. That is how nature has always preferred it, and now it has a file.

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