Kikihia ochrina
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Kikihia ochrina (commonly known as the April green cicada) is a species of insect endemic to New Zealand. This species has a three-year life cycle and adults are bright green in colour and are most commonly seen in the month of April in the North Island.
The British entomologist Francis Walker first described K. ochrina in 1858 as Cicada ochrina from a specimen presented to the Natural History Museum, London by Colonel Daniel Bolton. George Hudson described K. ochrina in 1891 and, thinking it was a new species, named it Cicada aprilina.
K. ochrina is bright green in colour with only a few dark markings, the most prominent of which are two sickle shaped lines and two dots in the middle section of the thorax. This species can be distinguished from its close relative Kikihia dugdalei as it has green legs without the pink patches that mark the legs of K. dugdalei. Male specimens of K. ochrina also always lack the pair of small black spots on their underside that are found on most male K. dugdalei specimens. The noted New Zealand entomologist George Hudson regarded it as the most beautiful of the New Zealand cicadae. He described its song as being "very... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an April Green Cicada sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 221st most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–May and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an April Green Cicada in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in June–October and December, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate April Green Cicada sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the April Green Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (28 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
