April green cicada
The April green cicada is a bright green singing insect from New Zealand. It has only a few dark marks on its back. It is easiest to see in April, which is how it got its name.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
Its whole life takes about three years. Most of that time it lives as a baby hidden underground.
The eggs are laid in late summer and hatch many months later. The babies dig straight into the soil.
A famous New Zealand insect expert called it the most beautiful cicada in the country.
Its song is very quick and shrill.
It is very careful. If something scares it, it flies far away, maybe to escape hungry birds.
Most asked questions about April green cicada
?When can you see the April green cicada?
Grown-ups are around each summer, but there are most of them in April.
?What does the April green cicada look like?
It is bright green with just a few dark marks on its back.
?Is the April green cicada dangerous?
No. It is a harmless singing insect.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Kikihia ochrina
- Named by
- Walker, 1858
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Cicadidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Kikihia ochrina (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Auckland War Memorial Museum. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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