Atrapsalta furcilla is a species of cicada, also known as the southern mountain squeaker, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2016 by entomologists Christopher Owen and Maxwell Sydney Moulds.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Southern Mountain Squeaker 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 encaustica
- Atrapsalta fuscata
- Atrapsalta corticina
- Pauropsalta mneme
- Haemopsalta aktites
- Popplepsalta notialis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Atrapsalta
- Species
- Atrapsalta furcilla
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