Kikihia muta
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Kikihia muta, commonly known as the variable cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. 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 Variable 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.
April, August–October and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Cicada in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–July and November, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variable Cicada sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Variable Cicada sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Kikihia
The closest relatives of the Variable 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 Variable 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.
