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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Tibicininae » Platypediini » Platypedia » Platypedia putnami
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Putnam's Cicada - Platypedia putnami
Copyright © 2007 C. Fred Zeillemaker

Putnam's Cicada - Platypedia putnami
11.4 mi N of Ola, Gem County, Idaho, USA
May 25, 2007
Size: 1 1/4-1 1/2"
Common this year at Xylem Acres. Not noticable every year. We would be interested in the cycle.

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Putnam's Cicada - Platypedia putnami Putnam's Cicada - Platypedia putnami
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Contributed by C. Fred Zeillemaker on 25 May, 2007 - 3:29pm
Last updated 2 November, 2022 - 11:28am

Platypedia putnami
The head wider than the thorax is characteristic of this genus, and the black front legs separates it from P. areolata, which has redbrown femora.
… Andy Hamilton, 29 May, 2007 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

Cicada
Yes, this is definitely a cicada, probably something in the Platypedia or Okanagana genus. I don't have the expertise in cicadas to ID to species, but perhaps an expert will weigh in.
… Jason D. Roberts, 25 May, 2007 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

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