Bladder Cicada at Curtin, ACT
Identification history
| Cystosoma saundersii | 17 Nov 2020 | lpopple | ||
| Cystosoma saundersii | 17 Nov 2020 | lpopple | ||
| Cystosoma saundersii | 12 Nov 2020 | lpopple | ||
| Unverified | 12 Nov 2020 | JenniM |
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User's notes
Easy to hear, very well camouflaged among clumps of leaves in bushes and trees. Very loud motor- like metallic call. Calling from 8pm to 8:30pm.
1 comment
lpopple
wrote:
12 Nov 2020
Thanks for posting this record. The Bladder Cicada is a relatively recent introduction to the ACT. See https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6039072/queenslands-bladder-cicada-lands-in-canberra/
Location information
- Coordinates 149.084153-35.327606
- Altitude 582.0m
- Places Curtin, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 11 Nov 2020 08:24 PM Recorded on
- JenniM Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) JenniM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cystosoma saundersii
Additional information
- Urban street Trees and shrubs Associated plant
- Other cicadas - calling to each other one in this bush, below a tree with a group calling as were groups in other trees. Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Cystosoma saundersii Scientific name
- Bladder Cicada Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 581.97m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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