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Platypedia? - Platypedia
Copyright © 2009 David Moll

Platypedia? - Platypedia
Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
May 21, 2009
This is a smaller cicada species, perhaps 3.5cm snout to tip of abdomen. Note modified front femer which makes me think Platypedia.

This is a favorite prey species of tanagers and grosbeaks and their emergence coicides with the arrival and breeding activity of those migrating birds. I even saw a Virginia's Warbler with one.

Image has been rotated. Note exuvia in backgrond.

This is a different individual from
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Contributed by David Moll on 25 May, 2009 - 10:28am
Last updated 21 July, 2009 - 5:25pm

Thank You, Moved
Thanks for the confirmation Bill.

Moved from Cicadas.
… David Moll, 21 July, 2009 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

Platypedia sp.
there are several species
… Bill Reynolds, 21 July, 2009 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

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