Insects
Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
Sighting 4417786

Psaltoda moerens

1 Redeye cicada at Gateway Island, VIC

Psaltoda moerens at Gateway Island, VIC - 10 Jan 2022 10:45 AM
Psaltoda moerens at Gateway Island, VIC - 10 Jan 2022 10:45 AM
Psaltoda moerens at Gateway Island, VIC - 10 Jan 2022 10:45 AM
Psaltoda moerens at Gateway Island, VIC - 10 Jan 2022 10:45 AM
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Identification history

Psaltoda moerens 12 Jan 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Psaltoda moerens 11 Jan 2022 ChrisAllen

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User's notes

The sound of all the cicadas is deafening down by the river. This guy was on the ground so I relocated him to a tree.

2 comments

KylieWaldon wrote:
   15 Jan 2022
lucky you. I was just about to take a photo of one at Wonga Wetlands this morning when a Little Friarbird swooped in and grabbed it, pulled it apart and et it!
ChrisAllen wrote:
   15 Jan 2022
He was pretty slow and on the ground, I picked him up and put him on the tree. Made it a lot easier to get a decent photo.

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Additional information

  • 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
  • 261 images trained Machine learning
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