Notopsalta sericea, also known as the clay bank cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1850.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Clay Bank Cicada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Physeema quadricincta
- Physeema labyrinthica
- Atrapsalta corticina
- Amphipsalta strepitans
- Tettigettalna argentata
- Telmapsalta hackeri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Notopsalta
- Species
- Notopsalta sericea
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