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Story: Cicadas

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Introducing cicadas

  3. Life cycle and enemies

  4. The cicada’s song

  5. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Introducing cicadas

Small alpine cicada

Small alpine cicada

Chorus cicada

Chorus cicada

Maoricicada mangu

Maoricicada mangu

From page 2 - Life cycle and enemies

Cicada eggs

Cicada eggs

Cicada nymph

Cicada nymph

Burrowing nymph

Burrowing nymph

Adult emerging

Adult emerging

Lethal fungus

Lethal fungus (1st of 2)

Wasp attacking a cicada

Wasp attacking a cicada (2nd of 2)

From page 3 - The cicada’s song

Studying cicadas.

Studying cicadas.

Sand dune cicada and redtailed cicada songs

Sand dune cicada and redtailed cicada songs

How to cite this page:

John Marris, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/cicadas/media (accessed 3 July 2022)

Story by John Marris, published 24 Sep 2007

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