2 Redeye cicada at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Psaltoda moerens | 14 Dec 2019 | lpopple | ||
| Psaltoda moerens | 14 Dec 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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Every morning for the early part of this week there were several of these cicadas very obvious on our back wooden deck, low in trees or other areas. It seems to me this summer there have been more out than in recent years, although that is my perception with no data to back it up. (In the latter part of the week I have seen none.) The birds have been having a great time with these insects. We have had Australian Magpies, Pied Currawongs and even Australian Ravens in our yard picking cicadas off branches. As a result, every morning I have come across half-eaten cicadas. I have also seen currawong regurgitation pellets of the indigestible parts of cicadas. (The first and last photo were no flash but the others were taken with flash)
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.098010-35.333265
- Altitude 619.7m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2019 08:32 AM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Insects Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) BIrdsinCanberra
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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
- 219 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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