Psaltoda plaga

Black Prince Cicada at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Psaltoda plaga	14 May 2025	lpopple
	Unverified	14 May 2025	MazzV

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A large & darkly multicoloured cicada. Wing veins appear to be dark brown with no distinguishing markings. The body is an overall dark brown with the top rear centre of the head, the pronotum and a patch on the rear upper torso having a distinct green tinge (photos 1 &, especially, 2). The greeny brown patch on the head narrows to a yellow mark towards the rear of the head, either side of which appear slightly lighter green small patches. The eyes are a tan-brown. The abdomen (upper side) has alternating bands of black and a dark mulberry red colour. I have not found any photos of cicadas that look like this one.

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Location information

Places Copmanhurst, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Psaltoda plaga Scientific name
Black Prince Cicada Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 208.5m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania