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| Amphipsalta zelandica, found at Miramar, Wellington, North Island. | |
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| Above is a green Kikihia horologium morph found at Porter's Pass. | Above is a gold Kikihia horologium morph found at Porter's Pass. |
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| Amphipsalta strepitans, found at the Wainuiomata River mouth in Wellington District, North Island. | Kikihia muta male singing in the grass and flax in Otari, Wellington. This is K. muta muta but both K. muta subspecies look fairly similar from a dorsal view and there is much color variation in both subspecies. |
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| Above are several Kikihia peninsularis showing the variation of color among them. | A Kikihia peninsularis rests on a Fuchsia Tree on Banks Peninsula. |
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| Kikihia scutellaris on sophora at Wellington, North Island. | Kikihia tuta female ovipositing on South Island. |
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| Maoricicada cassiope on Dracophyllurn at Porter's Pass, South Island. | Maoricicada mangu, found at Porter's Pass, South Island. This is M. mangu mangu but all the subspecies look fairly similar from the dorsal side. |
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| This is the habitat of Maoricicada mangu. | Maoricicada myersi, found at Cape Turakirae, Wellington District. |
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| his is a closeup view of the alpine habitat of M. nigra frigida. | Underside of a Maoricicada tenuis female. |
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| Maoricicada tenuis male, found on a road in Richmond Range on South Island. The right picture is the underside of the cicada in the left picture. | |
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| Habitat of the Maoricicada tenuis on Mt. Patriarch (far right) | Rhodopsalta cruentata, found in the Central Volcanic Plateau at Mount Ruapehu, North Island. |
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| Notopsalta sericea, found in Warkworth, north of Auckland. | Above is the habitat of Maoricicada myersi, located on Cape Turakirae, Wellington District. |
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| Two cicadas on a Fuchsia tree. The one on the left is a Kikihia peninsularis male and on the right is a Kikihia subalpina female. | |