Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
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 » Tibicinini » Okanagodes » Okanagodes gracilis
Photo#867733
Okanagodes gracilis? - Okanagodes gracilis - male
Copyright © 2013 Alice Abela

Okanagodes gracilis? - Okanagodes gracilis - Male
Thousand Palms Oasis, Riverside County, California, USA
July 20, 2013
Size: ~3cm
These pale cicadas were calling from the saltbrush. Song consisted of a series of whispery clicks that initially had me thinking grasshoppers until I tracked this individual. Second stop on the way to the Arizona BugGuide gathering
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Alice Abela on 19 November, 2013 - 10:57pm
Last updated 29 November, 2013 - 2:12pm

I think you're right!
Nice pic.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 29 November, 2013 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Okanagodes gracilis
Yes, you are right; and I was wrong in identifying a pale specimen of Clidophleps vagans (Photo#128628) as this species (that was back in 2007, when I was young and ignorant).
… Andy Hamilton, 3 December, 2013 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
ID
I can see what you mean by head shape, but I have to confess that my tentative ID of Okanagodes gracilis was largely based on Clidophleps vagans originally placed here!



Is the head also short on: ?
… Alice Abela, 3 December, 2013 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact