Bladder Cicadas are out in Australia, as reported by Ben McBurney on the Facebook Cicada Science & Discussion group.
Bladder Cicadas are green, sing at night, and have large abdomens. Are they katydid mimics, or just filling the same niche? Seems like it. According to Ben they sound like frogs, so maybe they’re frog mimics as well.
More to explore:
- Bladder cicada trading card
- Mating Bladder cicadas
- Bladder Cicadas out in Sydney. An older article, and not that they were out two weeks later than in 2024.
- Cystosoma saundersii (bladder cicada)