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Cicada - Platypedia areolata
Copyright © 2007 Lynette Schimming

Cicada - Platypedia areolata
Gold Rush Campground, Sanders County, Montana, USA
June 1, 2007
Size: around 25 mm?
Okanagana?
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 4 June, 2007 - 9:55pm
Last updated 22 August, 2007 - 4:24pm

Moved
Moved from Platypedia minor.
… john and jane balaban, 22 August, 2007 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Platypedia.
… Lynette Schimming, 6 June, 2007 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Platypedia areolata
The pale yellowish membranes at the base of the wings and the very hairy head and thorax are unusual, but it cannot be P. minor, which has shorter and broader wings (only twice as long as broad) and a blacker body. Of the two species in this genus that occur this far north, only P. areolata has redbrown front legs.
… Andy Hamilton, 6 June, 2007 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cicadas.
… Lynette Schimming, 5 June, 2007 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Platypedia:-)
One of the "wing-bangers" in the genus Platypedia. That bowed costal margin on the front wing is how I usually identify them, plus early emergence, overall small size. The males lack the percussion organs of most other cicadas, so strike their wings against the substrate to attract the opposite gender. This is a "calendar shot," Lynette. If we ever do a Bugguide calendar, this should make it in there:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 June, 2007 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric,
It was very cooperative and if it flew it only went short distances and stayed low enough to shoot again. It was much more cooperative than some of the NC cicadas.
… Lynette Schimming, 5 June, 2007 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

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