Cicada Eyes
by Kaye Menner
Title
Cicada Eyes
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
**ACHIEVED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST "Insect Photography" - January 2016.
**ACHIEVED 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST "Creature Feature" - November 2015.
**ACHIEVED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST 'WHAT IS BUGGING YOU' - June 2014.
**ACHIEVED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST 'BUG ROAST' - April 2014.
**ACHIEVED 3RD PLACE IN FAA CONTEST 'MACRO BUG PHOTOGRAPHY' - November 2013.
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Australian green grocer cicada (Cyclochila australasiae)
The Green Grocer Cicada is a common cicada along eastern Australia. It has a loud high pitched call and is one of the loudest insects in the world. The most common form is green, and another fairly common form is the yellow form (the Yellow Monday). Less common colour variations are dark tan (Chocolate Soldier) and turquoise blue (Blue Moon). Most forms have red eyes, although the Blue Form has purple blue eyes. The Masked Devil is an orange brown form with a black mask across the eyes that is more common at higher altitudes.
Other Names
Yellow Monday (yellow form), Masked Devil
Size
length about 4cm, wingspan 11cm - 13mm
Food
nymph feed on sap from plant roots
Breeding
The Green Grocer Cicada lays eggs in twigs using their sharp ovipositor to pierce the twig. The eggs hatch and the nymphs fall to the ground and burrow under the soil to feed on plant roots. The nymph remains underground for about 6 or 7 years, and when they are ready to hatch into the adult form, they dig their way out of the ground and climb a tree trunk or other nearby vertical surface. The nymph clasps the trunk and the skin splits down the back allowing the adult cicada to emerge. The nymph skins remain on the tree as empty shells retaining the shape of the nymph that emerged.
Range
The Green Grocer Cicada is found in coastal regions of south-eastern Australia from southern Queensland, along eastern New South Wales to Victoria and west to South Australia.
Classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Cyclochila
Species: australasiae
Common Name: Green Grocer Cicada
Cicadas, alternatively spelled as Cicala or Cicale, are insects in the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha (which was formerly included in the now invalid suborder Homoptera). Cicadas are in the superfamily Cicadoidea. Their eyes are prominent, though not especially large, and set wide apart on the anterior lateral corners of the frons. The wings are well-developed, with conspicuous veins; in some species the wing membranes are wholly transparent, whereas in many others the proximal parts of the wings are clouded or opaque and some have no significantly clear areas on their wings at all. About 2,500 species of cicada have been described, and many remain to be described. Cicadas live in temperate-to-tropical climates where they are among the most-widely recognized of all insects, mainly due to their large size and unique sound. Cicadas are often colloquially called locusts, although they are unrelated to true locusts, which are various species of swarming grasshopper. Cicadas are related to leafhoppers and spittlebugs.
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November 8th, 2013
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Comments (30)
Karen Adams
Fantastic capture, Kaye....Congrats on your first place win in our Creature Feature contest!.....vf
Anita Faye
Kaye, so glad you joined Groovy Butterflies where your Creature Feature winning image can be featured!
Anita Faye
Kaye, congratulations on 1st Place Win in the Creature Feature Contest sponsored by Groovy Butterflies Group! Truly awesome creature! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html?tab=overview
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group 'I Love Nature Photography' - celebrating the best of our natural world!
Nikolyn McDonald
Nice close up of this strange looking creature. Congratulations on the 2nd place win in the recent What Is Bugging You contest.
Barbara St Jean
Love this great shot!! Congratulations on your third place win in Digital Veil's Contest Macro Bugs!! Your image has been added to our home page for a super Feature. Cheers, Barbara