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Cane Grass Buzzer
Parnquila hillieri
Parnquila hillieri, also known as the cane grass buzzer, is a species of cicada in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1906 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.
From the article Parnquila hillieri on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs in north-eastern South Australia in the Strzelecki Desert. The holotype was collected at Killalpanima, some 160 km east of Lake Eyre. The associated habitat is sandhill canegrass growing in thick shrub-like clumps on sand-dunes.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
Adults have been heard in January, clinging to canegrass stems, uttering persistent, buzzing calls.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 740701.