Psaltoda moerens

1 Redeye cicada at Garrads Reserve Narrawallee

Psaltoda moerens at Garrads Reserve Narrawallee - 6 Dec 2016
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Psaltoda plaga 20 Jun 2018 CharlesDove

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Black Prince Cicada

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JoelP wrote:
   9 Aug 2018
This is a Red-eye cicada 'Psaltoda moerens' (sometimes mistakenly called a Black Prince) but in the same genus 'Psaltoda'. Note the red eyes and the thicker darker lines that are present along the wing margins of the smaller hind wings below the larger fore wings.
Stewart wrote:
   10 Aug 2018
Welcome aboard Joel! We look forward to seeing photos of your cicada observations
CharlesDove wrote:
   10 Aug 2018
Very Interesting they did seem to be in large numbers of which I thought to be unusual for the "Black Prince" so will go back over a couple of other maybe Black Princes to check their ID
JoelP wrote:
   10 Aug 2018
See the following links to a website on Australian cicadas:
P. moerens - http://dr-pop.net/moerens-089.htm
P. plaga - http://dr-pop.net/plaga-103.htm
Cheers

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