Cystosoma saundersii

Cystosoma saundersii, commonly known as the bladder cicada, is a species of cicada native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.^[1][2]

Cystosoma saundersii
Male and female (entire), and details
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Cystosoma
Species:	C. saundersii
Binomial name
Cystosoma saundersii Westwood, 1842

Cystosoma saundersii is nocturnal and employs camouflage as a defence tactic.^[3]

A recording of a Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii)

Life cycle

Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around four years.^[4]

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  Male specimen, Australian Museum
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  Female specimen, Kanagawa Museum
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  Cystosoma saundersii camouflaging itself as a leaf.