Cyclochila australasiae

Cyclochila australasiae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Cyclochila
Species:
C. australasiae
Binomial name
Cyclochila australasiae
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms

Tettigonia australasiae Donovan
Cicada olivacea Germar

Cyclochila australasiae is a species of cicada and one of Australia's most familiar insects. It is distributed through coastal regions of southeastern Australia. Green specimens are commonly known as green grocers and yellow ones as yellow mondays.

It is one of the loudest insects in the world.

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