Psaltoda moerens

1 Redeye cicada at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Psaltoda moerens	6 Dec 2018	lpopple
	Psaltoda moerens	5 Dec 2018	JonSteinbeck

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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
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Psaltoda moerens Scientific name
Redeye cicada Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1057m Recorded at altitude
264 images trained Machine learning
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