The cicada season in Australia lasts between September and May, but November and December are prime time for cicada emergences. Here’s a selection of Australian cicadas peaking in November, December and January.

Cyclochila australasiae / Green Grocer1	Macrotristria angularis / Cherry Nose2	Cystosoma saundersii / Bladder cicada3
Pauropsalta mneme4	Lembeja paradoxa / Bagpipe cicada5	Diemaniana euronotiana6
Arunta perulata / White Drummer7	Psaltoda moerens / Redeye cicada8	Thopha saccata / Double Drummer9

Adding a Thompson’s Floury Baker (Abricta curvicosta)¹⁰ at David’s recommendation:

1. Cyclochila australasiae can be found in eastern Queensland, NSW and Victoria, and most emerge in October and November (¹ Moulds, M.S.. Australian Cicadas Kennsignton: New South Wales Press, 1990, p. 61.).
2. The Cherry Nose cicada can be found in Eastern Queensland, NSW, and a small part of South Australia, and is most common during November & December (² ibid, p. 95.).
3. The Bladder Cicada can be sound in eastern Queensland & NSW, and are most common Nov-Jan. (³ ibid, p. 193.)
4. The Pauropsalta mneme can be found in south-eastern NSW, Victoria, and a small pocket in South Australia, from late September to early January. (⁴ ibid, p. 131.)
5. The Bagpipe cicada can be found in the Northern tip of Queensland, from October to February, but they’re most common during January. (⁵ ibid, p. 178)
6. The Diemaniana euronotiana can be found in eastern NSW, south-eastern Victoria and Tasmania. They are most common in late November to January. (⁶ ibid, p. 112)
7. The White Drummer cicada can be found in eastern Queensland and NSW, from November to April, but they are most common during December and January. (⁷ ibid, p. 58)
8. The Redeye cicada can be found in eastern NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, and are most abundant in late November and December. (⁸ ibid, p.75)
9. The Double Drummer can be found in parts of eastern Queensland and Eastern NSW, from November to early March. (⁹ ibid, p.55)
10. The Floury Baker can be found along the coast of Queenland & NSW. Adults are most common in late December and January. (¹⁰ ibid, p.119)

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Y is for Yellow Monday Cicada. The Yellow Monday cicada is the yellow form of the Cyclochila australasiae (the green form is the Green Grocer). Yellow Monday Cicadas lack a turquoise pigment that normally combines with the yellow pigment to form a green color. Visit the Scribbly Gum website for a photo and more information about Yellow Mondays.

Almost a Yellow Monday, this C. australasiae is mostly yellow and a little green:

This is a razor grinder cicada (Henicopsaltria eydouxii), originally uploaded by magdalena_b.

A Razor Grinder found by Vicki Nunn in Gladstone.

More photos of Razor Grinders.

I wish I had a sound file to post.

The Razor Grinder is found in eastern Queensland and NSW, and most common in December & January (Moulds, M.S.. Australian Cicadas Kennsignton: New South Wales Press, 1990, p. 68.)

Found on Flickr.

Addition to the display, originally uploaded by mgjefferies.

Red, orange, blue and green!

Thanks to David Emery for letting us know that the Bladder cicadas (Cystosoma saundersii) are out in Sydney Australia, and for providing this photo.

Badder cicadas are emerging down the Aussie east coast starting around the Queensland -NSW border on Sept 3 (FlickR) and we heard them for the first time on Sept 10 in Sydney. A photo of one captured on Sept 12 is attached to refresh Cicadamania devotees.

K is for Dr. Kritsky, specifically Dr. Gene Kritsky of the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Kritsky is one of the premier Magicicada experts and advocates; if you’re a cicada fan you must attend one of his lectures and order one of his books. A few years ago Gene provided Cicada Mania with an interview.

Kikihia, one of the two major Genus of cicadas in New Zealand. David Marshall says: “The name Kikihia is derived from the Maori word for cicada, as is the name of the town Kihikihi, in New Zealand. You’ll love their public cicada statue. See this web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihikihi“. Here is a web page dedicated to the Identification of Kikihia.

The Kobonga is a Genus of cicadae that exists in eastern Australia. Thanks to David Marshall and Kathy Hill of InsectSingers.com for these wonderful photos of a Kobonga species currently nicknamed the Xmas Clanger (species name pending).

G is for Greengrocer. The Greengrocer is the green morph of the Australian cicada Cyclochila australasiae. These cicadas can be found in south-eastern Australia. They have a large pronotal collar, and if you use your imagination, it looks like they’re wearing a tiny Pith helmet above their eyes.

Here’s a close of up of a Greengrocer (from Bron):

Here’s a box of Greengrocers (from Kevin Lee):

• Gaeana is a genus of cicadae found in Asia. Here are three Gaeana from Thailand: the black, gray, yellow and green Gaeana cheni, the brown, yellow and orange Gaeana festavor, and brown, white and green Gaeana festiva.
• Matija Gogala is a cicada researcher located in Ljubljana Slovenia. His Songs of Cicadas and Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas! websites have been online since the 1990s.

David Emery emailed us this amazing photo of Anapsaltoda pulchra cicadas. Anapsaltoda pulchra are also known as Golden Emperors. These cicadas are from Herberton, Queensland, Australia.

David Emery send us a photo of a Cystosoma saundersii (bottle cicada) from Australia and we added it to the gallery.

Just to complement the Aussie cicadas, a small colony of these Cystosoma saundersii (bottle cicadas) have been droning and rattling at dusk around Burwoood in Sydney for the past 2 months. This is their southern-most extension down the east coast of Australia.
cheers,
David.

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More information about Cystosoma saundersii on the CSIRO site.

The Bladder Cicada can be sound in eastern Queensland & NSW, and are most common Nov-Jan. (Moulds, M.S.. Australian Cicadas Kennsignton: New South Wales Press, 1990, p. 193.)