Opposite left: New Zealand's cicadas are very obvious from their song. Maori people identified different species from their song, as did Sir Charles Fleming when he carried out his classic study on New Zealand's cicada. Cicadas belong to the bug family, they suck sap from plants. Cicada nymphs live underground sucking sap from roots, and can take up to three years to develop into an adult. Here a green cicada, Kikihea ochrina emerges from its nymphal sac. This species lives in the lower North Island, but has recently arrived in Picton. It is suspected of hitch-hiking across Cook Strait on the rail ferry. All photos by Mike Meads, D.S.I.R. Land Resources.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 November 1991, Page 42
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111Opposite left: New Zealand's cicadas are very obvious from their song. Maori people identified different species from their song, as did Sir Charles Fleming when he carried out his classic study on New Zealand's cicada. Cicadas belong to the bug family, they suck sap from plants. Cicada nymphs live underground sucking sap from roots, and can take up to three years to develop into an adult. Here a green cicada, Kikihea ochrina emerges from its nymphal sac. This species lives in the lower North Island, but has recently arrived in Picton. It is suspected of hitch-hiking across Cook Strait on the rail ferry. All photos by Mike Meads, D.S.I.R. Land Resources. Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 November 1991, Page 42
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