Yoyetta grandis
Red-eyed Firetail Cicada at Booth, ACT
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| Yoyetta grandis | MichaelBedingfield | 21 Jan 2018 | |
| Yoyetta grandis | MichaelBedingfield | 21 Jan 2018 | |
| Yoyetta sp. (genus) | lpopple | 7 Jan 2018 | |
| Popplepsalta sp. cf. notialis | KenT | 7 Jan 2018 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelBedingfield noted:
21 Jan 2018
An unusual sighting of an undescribed species. See comments by Lindsay Popple.
User's notes
Recorded at 08:30 daylight saving time approx. 150 mm above ground.
3 comments
8 Jan 2018
This species is illustrated on the following page: http://dr-pop.net/aaede-720.htm
It is not actually Y. aaede but a related, undescribed species. An update on the website is soon to follow once this species is described. It is quite a difficult species to observe. Well done Ken!
Popplepsalta is superficially similar but has dark infuscations adjacent to the apices of the page on the hind wings.
It is not actually Y. aaede but a related, undescribed species. An update on the website is soon to follow once this species is described. It is quite a difficult species to observe. Well done Ken!
Popplepsalta is superficially similar but has dark infuscations adjacent to the apices of the page on the hind wings.
21 Jan 2018
Hi Lindsay
Since this is a distinct species, even if it is undescribed, it would be useful for us to separate it from the other Yoyetta sp. sightings. This will help us to find it and give it it's new name when it is described.
May I do that?
Since this is a distinct species, even if it is undescribed, it would be useful for us to separate it from the other Yoyetta sp. sightings. This will help us to find it and give it it's new name when it is described.
May I do that?
21 Jan 2018
Hi Michael,
Yes, by all means separate it out as a distinct species (e.g. Yoyetta sp. aff. aaede).
Yes, by all means separate it out as a distinct species (e.g. Yoyetta sp. aff. aaede).
Location information
- Coordinates 148.999278-35.813028
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Jan 2018 07:29 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
- Perched on grasses Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant Insects Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Yoyetta grandis
Species information
- Yoyetta grandis Scientific name
- Red-eyed Firetail Cicada Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1353.8m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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6 / 7
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- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species