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Cicadas overview

Join the Cicada Transcription Expedition Team and help us capture information from cicada specimens up to 100 years old. You will be helping us unlock information that has been hidden away in the Museum's insect collection but now will be available worldwide through websites like the Atlas of Living Australia.

Watch the video tutorials: Introduction, Using the Mapping Tool & Transcribing.

Cicadas news


Cicada Expedition is over!

Congratulations to all those of you who participated in the Cicada Expedition. It was the first and by far the largest expedition we have had! Specieal thanks to Deborah Cox - 1400 - what an amazing acheivement - thankyou Deborah!

Cicadas personnel

Gerard Krefft (1830-1881) Expedition Leader

  1. Deborah Cox (1400)

Edward Pierson Ramsay Scientists

  1. Jim Richardson (475)
  2. Lidia Nemitschenko (321)
  3. Ron Lovatt (253)
  4. Hannah Hibbert (217)
  5. susan scott (157)
  6. Peter Woodall (148)
  7. Kayla Gourlay (138)
  8. Danielle de la Mont (113)
  9. Lee Peacock (103)
  10. Mike Barnett (82)
  11. Margaret Donald (77)
  12. Graeme Barden (59)
  13. Joy Pagon (53)
  14. Frederick Michna (52)
  15. Mark Woolston (51)
  16. Paul Somerset (50)

Susan Emily Naegueli Collection Managers

  1. Paul Flemons (46)
  2. Linda Mott (46)
  3. Louise Ledwich (28)
  4. Pam Forbes (28)
  5. Deborah Kent (27)
  6. Jane Perera (24)
  7. barb evison (22)
  8. Nicole O'Donnell (19)
  9. Hannah White (18)
  10. Leah Sawyer (18)
  11. Carole Murino (17)
  12. Duncan Loxton (16)
  13. Jared Huntley (15)
  14. Catherine Curran (15)
  15. James Buxton (15)
  16. Sleiman Azizi (14)
  17. Andy Deans (12)
  18. Aimee Jones (12)
  19. Rhiannon Stephens (11)
  20. Alan Couch (11)
  21. Meredith Waldron (10)
  22. Nick Frame (10)
  23. Jasper Ghent (10)
  24. Kye Chamberlain (10)
  25. John La Salle (10)

William Sheridan Wall Technical Officers

  1. Melissa Grima (9)
  2. Corey Hibbert (9)
  3. Elycia Wallis (8)
  4. John Gollan (8)
  5. Wendy Greenfield (8)
  6. vicki jaeger (7)
  7. Gae Mulvogue (6)
  8. Nick dos Remedios (6)
  9. Alexis Tindall (6)
  10. Pamela Morales (6)
  11. Jessie Alchin (5)
  12. Melissa Graf (5)
  13. Declan McCarthy (5)
  14. Ben Peake (4)
  15. Nina Lazarevic (4)
  16. Dave Britton (3)
  17. Chelsea Hughes (3)
  18. leonie prater (3)
  19. valerie fowler (3)
  20. john maraz (3)
  21. Therese Chen (3)
  22. Andrew Vincent (3)
  23. Martin Nguyen (3)
  24. Nathan Ruser (3)
  25. Donald Hobern (3)
  26. Natalie Brabec (2)
  27. Martin Kalfatovic (2)
  28. Stephanie von Gavel (2)
  29. Anne Brophy (2)
  30. Laurie Hannah (2)
  31. Madeleine Bennison (2)
  32. Greg Steenbeeke (2)
  33. Robyn Lawrence (2)
  34. andrea thomer (2)
  35. Sandra Bennett (2)
  36. Leslie Skibinski (2)
  37. Estee Culbreth (2)
  38. Andrew Williston (2)
  39. Erik Bohackyj (1)
  40. Peter Brenton (1)
  41. John Gollan (1)
  42. Lynne Sealie (1)
  43. Danielle Jones (1)
  44. Jan Duttmer (1)
  45. Belinda Bauer (1)
  46. James Bryant (1)
  47. Kerry Williams (1)
  48. Micheline Bouchard (1)
  49. Max Maraz (1)
  50. Jim Croft (1)
  51. Luke Kirkwood (1)
  52. Ashley Koonin (1)
  53. Bryan Bagnall (1)
  54. David Lo (1)
  55. Dusty McDonald (1)
  56. Kate Curr (1)
  57. Heather Campbell (1)
  58. Robyn Gardner (1)
  59. julie gooding (1)