Cicada damage
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Size range
- Scars on twig, 4–5 mm
- Medium to large insects, bigger species up to 40 mm in length including wings
Distribution
- New Zealand native
- About 40 New Zealand species, many identifiable by the song
Life History
- Very loud in summer months
- Feed on plant sap
- Eggs laid in grooves in twigs
- Egg grooves cause damage to twigs often causing them to break
- Larvae develop underground, feeding on tree roots
