Girraween National Park - Animals - Arthropods - Insects - Bugs - Cicada

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Pauropsalta moerens
Redeye

Conservation status: Least Concern

This cicada is very easy to recognise, with its black body and red eyes.

Is is found in a small area of southern Queensland,

Scientific Classification
Order: Family: Genus: Species:	Hemiptera Cicadidae Pauropsalta moerens

through New South Wales down into Victoria and Tasmania. There is also a population in South Australia.

For more information about this cicada and to hear its song, please go to Dr Lindsay Popple's website: A web guide to The cicadas of Australia – Redeye - Pauropsalta moerens

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