CicadaCicada Index Desert Screamer (Burbunga hillieri) Floury Baker (Aleeta curvicosta) Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) Masked Devil (Cyclochila australasiae) Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) Razor Grinder (Henicopsaltria eydouxii) White Drummer (Arunta perulata)

Cyclochila australasiae is a species of cicada distributed through the coastal regions of south-eastern Australia. Known as the as the Green Grocers, it was formerly known as the Great Green Cicada. There are some colour morphs, with different common names, such as the yellow form commonly known as Yellow Mondays, the green form known as Green Monday, the red-orange form known as the Masked Devil, the rare turquoise form known as Blue Moon, the rare dark tan known as Chocolate Soldier,

Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), South Ulladulla NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), Guerilla Bay NSW © Phil Warburton
Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae), Guerilla Bay NSW © Phil Warburton

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hemiptera
  • Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
  • Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
  • Superfamily: Cicadoidea
  • Family: Cicadidae
  • Subfamily: Cicadinae
  • Tribe: Cyclochilini
  • Genus: Cyclochila
  • Species: Cyclochila australasiae

Footnote & References

  1. Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) © Phil Warburton
  2. Cyclochila australasiae (Donovan, 1805), Blue Moon Cicada, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cyclochila australasiae
  3. Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/205176-Cyclochila-australasiae

CicadaCicada Index Desert Screamer (Burbunga hillieri) Floury Baker (Aleeta curvicosta) Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) Masked Devil (Cyclochila australasiae) Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) Razor Grinder (Henicopsaltria eydouxii) White Drummer (Arunta perulata)

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