Haemopsalta rubea is a species of cicada, also known as the red squeaker, 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 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
- Palapsalta circumdata
- Atrapsalta corticina
- Haemopsalta aktites
- Atrapsalta fuscata
- Yoyetta celis
- Popplepsalta rubristrigata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Haemopsalta
- Species
- Haemopsalta rubea
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