Amphipsalta cingulata, the clapping cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Clapping Cicada being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Amphipsalta strepitans
- Amphipsalta zelandica
- Sinfonia opalifera
- Physeema quadricincta
- Notopsalta sericea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Amphipsalta
- Species
- Amphipsalta cingulata
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