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Alpine cicada (1st of 3)

Alpine cicada

New Zealand has the only alpine cicadas in the world. This one, Maoricicada mangu, lives in the eastern South Island, from the Kaikōuras south to the mountains around Tekapo.

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Cicada Central
Photograph by Chris Simon

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Andy Dennis. 'Mountains', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/mountains/4/4/1