Kikihia scutellaris
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Kikihia scutellaris, commonly known as lesser bronze cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1850. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Bronze Cicada sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 311th most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Bronze Cicada in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in January and March–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Bronze Cicada sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lesser Bronze Cicada sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Kikihia
The closest relatives of the Lesser Bronze Cicada that you can see in Auckland (genus Kikihia, Kikihi Cicadas) are Snoring Cicada (about 10%) and April Green Cicada (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Bronze Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (16 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.
