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Green Grocer Cicada

Cyclochila australasiae

Photo by KerryHawkins
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Field Notes

Description:

This one has not quite dried out it's wings from coming out of it's shell. We used to call this one a Green Grocer when we were kids.

Habitat:

Backyard on the ground.

Species ID Suggestions

Green Grocer

Cyclochila australasiae

Reference Link
Mark Ridgway
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Comments (6)
KerryHawkins
Thanks Mark. Could well be leaning towards a Blue Moon. Will pay more attention next time and get more photos.
Mark Ridgway
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43530185
KerryHawkins
Really Mark! I must look up a Blue Moon and see what it's like. I just thought Green Grocer straight away!
Mark Ridgway
I agree about the earliness. We've had them for almost 3 weeks now and in Melbourne it used to be never before late November. This one is showing hints of being a Blue Moon in the wing venation?
KerryHawkins
Heaps here too. Holes all over the place where they have emerged. I was thinking it was a bit early for them this year, They are usually closer to Christmas.
Mark Ridgway
In big numbers up there or has the hot dry slowed them down? We've got heaps.

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Flora & Fauna of New South Wales
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 17, 2013

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