joelp's Favourites
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Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)Observer
akoslumnitzerDescription
Possibly only the second nest found in Sydney. First in 2016 at Ingleside.
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Mangrove Cicada (Arunta interclusa)Observer
joelpDescription
I heard a couple calling and thought they were A. perulata. I went to investigate since I don’t have many A. perulata observations this summer. When I located it and saw it I realised it lacked wing infuscations and the colour and wing markings were not typical of A. perulata. I realised that this was A. interclusa so I caught one for photos. New species for me!
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Coolah Grass Buzzer (Myopsalta coolahensis)Observer
take2Description
First 2 pics - male
next 2 - female
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Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae)Observer
paulhomerkerr28Description
Found by Angus kerr
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Zipping Ambertail (Yoyetta repetens)Observer
joelpDescription
Fmales emerging on forest red gum and nearby (~1m away) not-locally-native gum tree. See later pics when it has coloured up.
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Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae)Observer
joelpDescription
Student Observation (AG):
No way! I haven’t seen a Yellow Monday in suburban Sydney in years! (although I don’t know if this is just my experience?) This was a jaw-drop moment when the student showed me.
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Silver Princess (Yoyetta celis)Observer
joelpDescription
3 emerging on paperbark
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Eastern Double Drummer (Thopha saccata)Observer
joelpDescription
Male - washed up dead on beach
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Black Prince (Psaltoda plaga)Observer
joelpDescription
This is an example of what is in the bush where I am. There are cicadas everywhere - almost like flies - particularly the black princes.
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Wavering Firetail (Yoyetta spectabilis)Observer
joelpDescription
Wavering Firetail (513)
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Wavering Firetail (Yoyetta spectabilis)Observer
joelpDescription
Wavering firetail
Yoyetta 513
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Wavering Firetail (Yoyetta spectabilis)Observer
joelpDescription
Wavering Firetail (513)
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Black Prince (Psaltoda plaga)Observer
joelpDescription
Photographed this guy calling before another climbed down and they had a sing-off right next to each other :)
A third male calling from a nearby blackthorn shrub.
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Golden Twanger (Diemeniana euronotiana)Observer
joelpDescription
Heaps all the way out along the headland.
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Beach Squeaker (Haemopsalta aktites)Observer
joelpDescription
Followed a calling male only to find him trying to chat up the female (successfully by the looks of things ... although she was playing hard to get)
Another male calling nearby as well.
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Cherrynose (Macrotristria angularis)Observer
joelpDescription
Sound recording too.
Found this individual because I heard a cicada call I didn't recognise. When I followed it back to its source, lo and behold, there was a cherrynose cicada.
This is the first and only one I have ever seen or heard so this was an exciting find for me!
