Cystosoma saundersii
2 Bladder Cicada at Hughes, ACT
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| Cystosoma saundersii | 2 Dec 2025 | lpopple | ||
| Cystosoma saundersii | 2 Dec 2025 | LisaH |
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A new one for me (which isn't saying much), after the pup gently (!) brought her interesting finding inside to show us. The only other sightings on CNM are exactly five years ago, in this area. So - looks like we have a local population that has a five year life cycle?
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lpopple
wrote:
2 Dec 2025
Great observation! There are records on iNat from 2017 and 2024, and the first published record for Canberra was in 2016, which introduces some ambiguity.
Location information
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Collections
- LisaH NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Cystosoma saundersii Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects
Species information
- Cystosoma saundersii Scientific name
- Bladder Cicada Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 586.48m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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5 / 7
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