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This cicada looks as if it is missing its abdomen. It may have been a meal for a bird.
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Silver Knight, Black Prince
Conservation status: Least Concern
This species has two colour forms. The one above is the green form and it is known as a Silver Knight. The dark form - which may be black, dark brown or grey - is known as a Black Prince. The green form was previously known only from coastal areas
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Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Psaltoda
plaga
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and this is the first record of that colour form from the Granite Belt.
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 – Silver Knight - Psaltoda plaga
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