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Myopsalta waterhousei
1 Smoky Buzzer at Point Hut to Tharwa
2 images
Identification history
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24 Jan 2018 | lpopple | ||
| Myopsalta waterhousei | 24 Jan 2018 | lpopple | ||
| Unidentified | 24 Jan 2018 | michaelb | ||
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Author's notes
Size - length including the wings: 20mm........ on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
3 comments
michaelb wrote:
9 Jan 2019
Hi Lindsay
In your notes you say that this cicada lives in open grassland. Do the adults feed on native grasses, and the immature nymphs feed on the roots of native grasses?
In your notes you say that this cicada lives in open grassland. Do the adults feed on native grasses, and the immature nymphs feed on the roots of native grasses?
lpopple wrote:
9 Jan 2019
Hi Michael
We can infer that the nymphs feed on the roots of grasses based on the finding of exuviae in fields that are exclusively occupied by grasses. I have observed adults feeding on exotic and native grasses (they often occur on Avena fatua, for example). Nymphs also presumably feed on exotic and native species.
We can infer that the nymphs feed on the roots of grasses based on the finding of exuviae in fields that are exclusively occupied by grasses. I have observed adults feeding on exotic and native grasses (they often occur on Avena fatua, for example). Nymphs also presumably feed on exotic and native species.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.067762-35.504885
- Altitude 580.0m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size (mm)
- 17 Dec 2017 Recorded on
- michaelb Recorded by
