Yoyetta timothyi

Brown Firetail Cicada at O'Connor, ACT

Yoyetta timothyi at O'Connor, ACT - 10 Dec 2016 04:38 PM
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Yoyetta timothyi 16 Dec 2016 MichaelBedingfield
Unverified 11 Dec 2016 David

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Filed here by prey rather than predator - trying to ID the cicada. It was a big robberfly, and struggled to fly carrying this load.

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lpopple wrote:
   13 Dec 2016
Nice photo! The cicada (prey) is a female Brown Firetail (Yoyetta sp. nr denisoni), see http://dr-pop.net/509.htm
David wrote:
   21 Dec 2016
Thanks for the ID, lpopple! A brown firetail. I think a few bio specialties could take a leaf out of the Cicadoidean notebook when it comes to common naming. Cicadas have the best.

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