Alarm Clock Squawker (Pauropsalta mneme)

Alarm Clock Squawker, a reference photo — Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Pauropsalta mneme is a species of cicada, also known as the alarm clock squawker, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1850 by English entomologist Francis Walker.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Alarm Clock Squawker 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

Atrapsalta furcilla
Atrapsalta encaustica
Yoyetta subalpina
Yoyetta australicta
Yoyetta humphreyae

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Pauropsalta
Species: Pauropsalta mneme

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