Psaltoda moerens
Redeye cicada at Turner, ACT
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| Psaltoda moerens | lpopple | 7 Dec 2025 | |
| Psaltoda moerens | AlisonMilton | 7 Dec 2025 |
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Sadly the one in photo one didn't make it out. I counted 47 exo-skeletons before my lift arrived but it sounded like more than that in the trees. The exo-skeletons were not only on Eucalypts but one Elm tree had quite a few as in the last photo.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.118250-35.271945
- Altitude 574.5m
- Places Turner, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2025 03:23 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Psaltoda moerens Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects
Species information
- Psaltoda moerens Scientific name
- Redeye cicada Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1057m Recorded at altitude
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