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Psaltoda moerens

Redeye cicada at O'Connor, ACT

Psaltoda moerens at O'Connor, ACT - 15 Dec 2020
Psaltoda moerens at O'Connor, ACT - 15 Dec 2020
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Identification history

Psaltoda moerens 15 Dec 2020 lpopple
Unidentified 15 Dec 2020 ConBoekel

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Found dead. Cicada calling in this location was much diminished today. Perhaps it was too cool. Perhaps the local concentration of Pied Currawongs hoovered them up. Perhaps their ephemeral nature has caught up with them. I don't know.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • Iridomyrmex purpureus feeding on the carcase. Associated Insect
  • 25mm to 50mm 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
  • 206 images trained Machine learning
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