Sydney cicada season 2017/18 has begun!

We have made it out of the outside of a very dry winter here in Sydney. Plants have been putting on new growth early and flowering has well and truly begun! Several Silver Princess cicadas (Yoyetta celis) have been heard calling around Sydney's Inner West, central and south coasts over the past week.

So I thought it's a good idea to keep an ear or two out for cicada calls, and don't forget to list them on our iNaturalist Cicada Blitz project. It remains to be seen what sort of a season we will get this year, especially if it remains dry and the threat of a big bush fire season proves true or not.

A reminder that you can still purchase Cicada Photo Guide books on eBay here: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/122663502609 or search on eBay "cicada photo guide book". It is a handy educational guide to some of the common cicada species you might come across in the Greater Sydney Region. It will help you with identifying species for recording on iNaturalist. It's also a great gift for any budding entomologist!

Posted on September 12, 2017 12:17 AM by njemery