1 Firetail or Ambertail Cicada at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Yoyetta sp. (genus) | 21 Nov 2024 | lpopple | ||
| Psaltoda moerens | 21 Nov 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Cicadidae (family) | 21 Nov 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 21 Nov 2024 | richardm |
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User's notes
Front and back of bug in currawongs mouth
2 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
21 Nov 2024
newly emerged, not hardened cicadas. The Red Wattlebirds used to grab the newly emerged Greengrocers, and smash them up into pieces to eat where I lived in Melbourne. My brother is concerned for his Greengrocers in Geelong that are being grabbed by his resident magpies.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109245-35.276596
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Nov 2024 09:56 AM Recorded on
- richardm Recorded by
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richardm Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Yoyetta sp. (genus) Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects
Additional information
- Two dead bugs in currawongs mouth Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Deceased Animal health
Species information
- Yoyetta sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Firetail or Ambertail Cicada Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1144.39m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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