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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 » Undetermined Platypedia "Molts, Nymphs, Tenerals & Emergence Series" (Platypedia Undetermined Platypedia "Molts, Nymphs, Tenerals & Emergence Series")
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Bug Shells - Platypedia
Copyright © 2019 Kim Marthens

Bug Shells - Platypedia
Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
Size: unknown
A friend of mine posted these photos on Face Book, thinking they are bee "husks". I think they are Cicada, but had no idea we had them in Montana. Can someone tell me whether or not they are Cicadas?? I have one more photo if needed. I have received permission from the photographer to post these. She wants to know too! Thank you!

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Contributed by SunBear on 1 June, 2019 - 11:03pm
Last updated 8 August, 2020 - 12:46pm

Moved
Moved from Cicadas.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 8 August, 2020 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Cicadidae for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.

I'm not sure if exuviae can be identified or not.
… Ken Allison, 12 September, 2019 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

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