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Small alpine cicada

Adult cicadas have a broad head and a tapered body with two pairs of wings. This specimen of a small alpine cicada, now named Kikihia subalpina, was collected in 1893 in Karori, Wellington, by entomologist George Hudson.

Sound file from Cicada Central

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Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua
Photograph by B. E. Rhode

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John Marris. 'Cicadas', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/cicadas/1/1