Hemiptera: Cicadidae

Psaltoda moerens  

Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens)
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© Vik Dunis 2013
Castleburn, VIC (Dec, 2013)

Throughout feeding. waste fluid is expelled every minute or so; and when populations are high, this clear liquid falls to the ground in a constant spray.*


*Moulds, M.S. (1990). Australian Cicadas.
New South Wales University Press, p.77 (Redeye behaviour).

Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens)

Redeye Cicada

Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens)

"Bushpee"

Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens)

Redeye Cicada

Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens)

Redeye Cicada

Redeye Cicada (Psaltoda moerens)

Redeye Cicada