Birrima castanea is a species of cicada, also known as the red tree-ticker, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red Tree-ticker 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
- Yoyetta timothyi
- Yoyetta hunterorum
- Birrima varians
- Yoyetta humphreyae
- Yoyetta repetens
- Psaltoda harrisii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Birrima
- Species
- Birrima castanea
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