The preferred habitat is swampy forest and mangroves, cicadas perching on trees such as sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia), swamp oak (C. glauca), coast banksia (Banksia integrifolia) and coast wattle (Acacia sophorae).
Casuarina | The Casuarina Tree | Casuarina glauca | Casuarina equisetifolia | Casuarina, Northern Territory |
Further back from the seafront, beach forest is found including such species as Casuarina equisetifolia, Terminalia catappa, Derris indica and Barringtonia.