New Forest cicada  (Cicadetta montana)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hemiptera
Family Cicadidae
Genus Cicadetta
Size Body length: 16 - 27 mm
Wingspan: 45 - 52 mm
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Status

Classified as Endangered in the UK, and protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), as amended.