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Utah cicada - Platypedia putnami

Utah cicada - Platypedia putnami
Emigration Canyon (N40°46.778'W111°43.206'ele4682'), Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
May 28, 2009
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Utah cicada - Platypedia putnami Utah cicada - Platypedia putnami

Moved
Moved from Okanagana.

Platypedia sp. (P. putnami ?)
I'm a bit more inclined towards Platypedia.

1) appears small and "elongate" - Do you have measurements?
2) lots of setae ("hairy") - Typical of Platypedia
4) vertical orange line nearly bisecting the pronotum - Typical of Platypedia
5) head width approaches that of pronotum - Typical of Platypedia

Platypedia putnami



Platypedia spp.




There are a number of very similar species, often called western "semi-periodicals" due to mass emergences in some years.

 
Your comments...
seem to lead to P.putnami. Appreciate the direction. Size was not measured, somewhere in the 25-35mm range.

 
YES! - I think it is P. putnami ;)
Keep taking cicada pic's

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