Myopsalta waterhousei
1 Smoky Buzzer at Tharwa, ACT
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| Myopsalta waterhousei | lpopple | 24 Jan 2018 | |
| Myopsalta waterhousei | lpopple | 24 Jan 2018 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 24 Jan 2018 |
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User's notes
Size - length including the wings: 20mm........ on the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
3 comments
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?
10 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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.067762-35.504885
- Altitude 580.0m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2017 09:23 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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Species information
- Myopsalta waterhousei Scientific name
- Smoky Buzzer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 692.45m Recorded at altitude
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