Hemiptera: Cicadidae

Pauropsalta rubristrigata  

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada (Pauropsalta rubristrigata)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Brisbane Ranges National Park, VIC (Dec, 2012)

A close-up of a Great Montane Squeaker.

Cicadas, like many insects, have five eyes.

It has two large compound eyes on the sides of its head, and also three simple eyes, pink in this specimen, on the top of its head.

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada (Pauropsalta rubristrigata)

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada (Pauropsalta rubristrigata)

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada (Pauropsalta rubristrigata)

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada (Pauropsalta rubristrigata)

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada (Pauropsalta rubristrigata)

Shed cicada skin

Great Montane Squeaker Cicada (Pauropsalta rubristrigata)

Shed cicada skins