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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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Cicada Exuvia - Platypedia putnami
Copyright © 2017 Bryan E. Reynolds

Cicada Exuvia - Platypedia putnami
Pine Flat Picnic Area, Manzano Mountains, Cibola National Forest, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
May 31, 2017
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Contributed by Bryan E. Reynolds on 15 June, 2017 - 8:46pm
Last updated 20 June, 2017 - 12:28pm

Moved
Moved from Cicadas.
… Bryan E. Reynolds, 20 June, 2017 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

Dark stripe along back ... Platypedia?
I suspect this is a Platypedia Molt.
The longitudinal "Dark Stripe" running along the dorsum is suggestive of this Genus- Did the dark stripe run along the abdomen as well?. Was the molt =/< 1 inch?

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… Bill Reynolds, 20 June, 2017 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Bill, it was very small.
Yes, Bill, it was very small. My friend who lives in the area called these cicadas 'clickers.' I heard them everywhere and I saw a few adults and tried to photograph them, but they were jumpy, but definitely small.
… Bryan E. Reynolds, 20 June, 2017 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
Platypedia putnami
"Clickers" is correct - they do not make the sounds typical of other cicada groups.
… Bill Reynolds, 20 June, 2017 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

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