Yoyetta robertsonae

Clicking Ambertail at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Yoyetta robertsonae	30 Mar 2020	lpopple
Yoyetta sp. (genus)	14 Dec 2016	lpopple
Yoyetta sp. (genus)	14 Dec 2016	lpopple
Yoyetta sp.	11 Dec 2016	ibaird
Unidentified	11 Dec 2016	ibaird

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Third sighting of this cicada species, apparently the same species, since 3/12/16. First two came to light in the evening. This observation made in mid to late afternoon in my garden on a sorrel plant. The cicada flew a short distance to nearby grasses, climbed to a vantagew point, then flew away out of sight. No calling head.

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ibaird wrote:

13 Dec 2016

Dr Lindsay Popple (pers. comm. 12/12/16) has viewed the first and third images posted above and identified the species as 'Clicking Ambertail' Yoyetta sp. (cf. tristagata). That is, a yet to be described species, pending publication of taxonomic research currently underway by himself and colleagues. Images of this yet to be described species and a recording of its song my be seen at the following webpage: http://dr-pop.net/485.htm . Lindsay says that this species, although common in Canberra, is not commonly seen due to its favouring habitat high in eucalypt trees usually well out of sight of ground-based observers. However, the species may be observed at emergence or soon after at ground level, like most cicadas, as was the case here.

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