Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaClass=InsectaOrder=HemipteraSuperfamily=CicadoideaFamily=CicadidaeSubfamily=CicadettinaeGenus=Palapsalta ID by Lindsay Popple and Prof David EmeryCommon name=Tree Buzzer Female
It was a pleasure to see this large Cicada again in our back yard as I have been hearing them singing. They can be found in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. Photo: Fred
Kingdom=AnimaliaSuperphylum=PanarthropodaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=MandibulataInfraphylum=AtelocerataSuperclass=PanhexapodaClass=InsectaSubclass=DicondyliaInfraclass=PterygotaSuperorder:=CondylognathaOrder=HemipteraSuborder=AuchenorrhynchaInfraorder=CicadomorphaSuperfamily=CicadoideaFamily=CicadidaeSubfamily=CicadinaeGenus= Macrotristria(Stl,1870)Species=extrema(Distant 1892)Binomial name=Macrotristria extrema ID by Prof David Emery david.emery@sydney.edu.auCommon name=Western Whiner
Kobonga umbrimargo How do you like this cicada I found in the back yard flapping around on the ground. It is one I have never seen. ~50mm longPhoto: Fred