Bron sent us this Green Grocer photo taken in Orange NSW Australia.
December 4, 2007
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Magnificent specimen and photo, Bron. you must be deafened by these this season as we passed through Orange on 3rd November and there were hundreds of shells on the oak trees in the Central Park. Are there many still about?
Cheers, David.
Comment by David E — December 5, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
Thanks David! My mum lives in Orange and indeed the visit was a deafening experience.
It’s been like that since I lived there as a child although locals tell me that it’s
a particularly good year for cicadas. A walk around Lake Canobolas was especially \
rich in cicadas and birds! I live in Canberra where the dominant species seems to be a smaller black
one with brown eyes (picture in this album)http://picasaweb.google.com/bronkin/Insects
Perhaps you know what it is?
cheers
Bron
Comment by Bron — December 13, 2007 @ 11:07 pm
Hi Bron,
I worked for DAFF for 18months a few years ago in Canberra and captured several species from Mt Ainslie. Your picture seems to be a Pauropsalta species (nr encaustica). There are also Pauropsalta mneme (alarm clock ticker) and species related to Cicadetta tristrigata and Notopsalta atrata. The larger red-eyed cicada is the “Red-eye” (Psaltoda moerens) on Black Mtn.
Cheers, David.
Comment by David E — December 16, 2007 @ 9:40 pm
Hi David,
I’ve been back to Orange to see mum – sorry about the delay in thanking
you for your email and for the identification. Very interesting.
Do you know Andrew Russack or Anne (Tidemann I think – she’s married to
Chris Tidemann – not sure of her surname) who work in DAFF?
I took another photo of a cicada in Orange – look in the insects
link http://picasaweb.google.com/bronkin/Insects if you’d like to see it. I’m ignorant
about types – I assume this is another version of the big green ones but really don’t know.
Happy New Year!
cheers
Bron
Comment by Bron — January 3, 2008 @ 10:08 pm
Hi Bron,
Happy 2008. No, I didn’t meet Andrew or Anne – six floors of troops there!. Your other orange/black shot is of the “masked devil” variant of those greengrocers- nice to know that you get those in Orange too as most of mine come from Woodford to Blackheath in the Blue Mtns.
Cheers, David.
Comment by David E — February 4, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
Hi Bron,
I am Andrew Russack and I know Ann, who is married to Chris Tidemann. Give me a call on 6274 7016 if you want to get in touch.
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