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Summer is on its way and that means our cicadas are crawling their way out of the ground to sing up a storm.
Did you know Aotearoa is home to the world's only alpine cicadas?
The Canterbury scree cicada, Maoricicada mangu mangu, is part of this exclusive club and has a few adaptations that help it survive the high life: it is black, very hairy and has short, rounded wings.
Canterbury scree cicada Photo: supplied