http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/11/20/cicada-photos-from-australia/ Dedicated to cicadas, the most amazing insects in the world. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:40:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/11/20/cicada-photos-from-australia/#comment-59732 tug dumbly Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:37:00 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/11/20/cicada-photos-from-australia/#comment-59732 that's not a double drummer - this is a double drummer! We must have bred 'em bigger in Nowra in the 70's, but seriously what we called double drummers were twice that size that’s not a double drummer - this is a double drummer!
We must have bred ‘em bigger in Nowra in the 70’s, but seriously
what we called double drummers were twice that size

]]> http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/11/20/cicada-photos-from-australia/#comment-41448 David E Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2007/11/20/cicada-photos-from-australia/#comment-41448 Great shots and it would be useful to know the sites of capture please Kevin. The "yellow monday" shots above are really closer to the higher altitude (>500m) "Masked devil" colour morph (black "mask" between the eyes and black abdomen) of the Green Grocer. These orange/black variants emerged in huge numbers on the Blue Mountains west of Sydney from Woodford to Blackheath (500-1200m) from 1st October and are dwindling now due to some recent heavy thunderstorms over the past 2 weeks. Your photo is close to the morphs seen around Mt Tomah and Mt Victoria that don't express the full orange (don't ask me why as the altitude is only 100-200m difference). Large emergences of Thopha saccata ("double drummer") have occurred south of Sydney over the past 2 weeks. Please keep up the great shots- I must send some as well. David. Great shots and it would be useful to know the sites of capture please Kevin. The “yellow monday” shots above are really closer to the higher altitude (>500m) “Masked devil” colour morph (black “mask” between the eyes and black abdomen) of the Green Grocer. These orange/black variants emerged in huge numbers on the Blue Mountains west of Sydney from Woodford to Blackheath (500-1200m) from 1st October and are dwindling now due to some recent heavy thunderstorms over the past 2 weeks. Your photo is close to the morphs seen around Mt Tomah and Mt Victoria that don’t express the full orange (don’t ask me why as the altitude is only 100-200m difference).
Large emergences of Thopha saccata (”double drummer”) have occurred south of Sydney over the past 2 weeks.
Please keep up the great shots- I must send some as well.
David.

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