Psaltoda moerens
1 Redeye cicada at Hughes, ACT
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| Psaltoda moerens | lpopple | 6 Dec 2018 | |
| Psaltoda moerens | JonSteinbeck | 5 Dec 2018 |
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Walking along the suburban foot paths I saw this Redeye Cicada. I guess this one was drying out after emerging from its underground stage, waiting to warm up so it could take off to look for a mate. I felt its life expectancy was not long given its black body was resting on a very light coloured square of concrete. When I walked back past this spot at the end of my time on Red Hill the insect was gone. Whether it had flown off to look for a partner or had become breakfast for the magpies in the street, I did not know.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.098332-35.333095
- Altitude 610.0m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Nov 2018 06:51 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
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- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Psaltoda moerens Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects
Species information
- Psaltoda moerens Scientific name
- Redeye cicada Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1057m Recorded at altitude
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