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Grasshopper firetail

Cicadetta abdominalis

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

40mm; slight furriness on thorax; mostly black with flashes of bright orange in rear abdominal segments; heavy black wing venation; very approachable on cloudy day at 20degrees C

Habitat:

Open parkland on young eucalyptus stem.

Notes:

Silly common name for what is obviously a cicada.

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cicadetta+abdominalis

Reference Links:

Cicadetta abdominalis - Overview, http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Cicadetta%20ab…

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PublishedNovember 28, 2012

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