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October 25, 2005

Cicada Time in Australia

Filed under: Australia — Dan @ 5:45 am

Somebody kick me if I’m wrong, but, I’m pretty sure it’s now the start of cicada season in Australia.

5 Comments »

  1. Sure is Dan- your rear end is safe from the boot!

    Comment by david — October 27, 2005 @ 9:14 pm

  2. In 1983 I heard a cicada on October 11 at Forestville, NSW. This is the earliest I have heard one in my 52 years, to my knowledge. I recorded the event (in writing, not audio) here http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/oct11.html
    in my Book of Days. If anyone has heard earlier, please feel free to contact me.

    Comment by Pip Wilson — January 3, 2006 @ 8:49 pm

  3. Hi Pip,
    Greengrocers usually start emerging in Sydney around end October, but in the drought of 2002, they were 2-3 weeks early around Burwood (10th October) and Blackheath (24th September). The grass cicadas (cicadetta celis) emerges in Sydney around the start of September- this is the earliest species.

    Comment by david — May 16, 2006 @ 4:24 pm

  4. Down here in Victoria they’ve just started up today (19th Nov) it seems early but we may have had them earlier.

    Slightly cooler climate in Victoria would explain the later date compared to previous responses

    Comment by Tal — November 18, 2006 @ 7:36 pm

  5. Cicadas started up on 15 November 2007 in Surrey Hills, a suburb of Melbourne (Australia).

    Comment by Ken Coghill & Julia Thornton — November 16, 2007 @ 4:07 am

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