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Kōrero: Cicadas

Small alpine cicada

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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

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Landcare Research – Manaaki Whenua

by B. E. Rhode

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Marris, Cicadas – Introducing cicadas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/natural-sounds/11006/small-alpine-cicada (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Marris, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

Elizabeth
07 March 2014
At school i am studying about cicada's and my teacher found this website so i go on it everyday. Today i told my mum and dad some information and they said they hear them in Tonga.(Ps they come from Tonga) by Elizabeth