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Blue Moon

Cyclochila australasiae

Description:

A beautiful blue-green Cicada about 75 mm long, The wings had an aqua tinge to them. The head, thorax and abdomen were a brilliant bright green. Two large compound eyes were bluish-red and the three ocelli in the middle shone like little glass orbs (pic 4). The underside of the abdomen was a pale yellow. Pic 5 shows a sharp pointy rostrum used for sucking tree sap.

Habitat:

Spotted under bright lights near a National Park

Notes:

These cicadas remain as root-sap sucking nymphs underground for 6 years before emerging as these beautiful adults. They mate and spend their adult lives ( 6 weeks ) sucking tree sap. This spotting features a blue morph. This species vary in colour and have other common names accordingly. http://australianmuseum.net.au/Greengroc... Here is a handsome yellow version of the same species, spotted in the same area: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/435... and the fully green one was spotted here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/437...

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3 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

3 down 2 to go ? :-)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

Thank you Maria.

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Great series, Leuba!

Leuba Ridgway
Spotted by
Leuba Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 9, 2013
Submitted on Oct 9, 2013

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