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Family Cicadidae
This page contains pictures and information about Thin-striped Wattle Cicadas that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
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- We first found those cicadas resting on the Hibiscus in our back
yard during early summer.
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- Their bodies are green in colour, with brown
marking on thorax. Their pair of compound eyes and three simple eyes are
reddish-brown and outstanding from their green head. Their wings are clear
with thin black veins.
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- As their name implies, the cicada can also be found on Wattle (Acacia)
tree.
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- The cicadas were sitting quietly and feeding on the tree trunk. When we
touched them with our figures, it slowly removed their mouth parts from the
tree trunk and flied to another location near by.
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The Host Plant
- Black Wattle
- Acacia concurrens, Family Mimosaceae
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- The Thin-striped Wattle Cicadas were known to feed on different species of
wattle, including the Black Wattle. Many of them can be found on main tree
trunk and stem of young Black Wattle trees. Black Wattle is one of the most
common trees in Brisbane's Eucalypt forest and bushland. We did not notice
if any damage was done by the cicadas to the host tree.
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- We like to thank Lindsay Popple again here for
helping to identify this species.
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