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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 - two different ones - Platypedia putnami
Copyright © 2005 David A Burke

Cicada - two different ones - Platypedia putnami
Cody, Park County, Wyoming, USA
June 21, 2005
Size: 1 inch
NW Wyoming, approximately 6000 feet elevation. These two Cicadas are from two different areas. Both were on Juniper trees. I noticed that one is considerably darker than the other. I could not see any red in the eyes, nor any orange tinge in the wing membrane. Thanks for any help.
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Contributed by David A Burke on 27 June, 2005 - 7:44pm
Last updated 5 July, 2011 - 3:48pm

Moved
Moved from Platypedia.
… Bill Reynolds, 5 July, 2011 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Platypedia.
I'm pretty certain this is a species of Platypedia. Andy Hamilton will know for sure:-) Males do not have the percussion mechanism like most cicadas. Instead, they tap their wings against their perch to attract the fairer gender.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 June, 2005 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Platypedia sp.
Probably P. areolata, the common species of the PNW, also called "salmonfly". Apparently salmon love to feed on the ones that fall in the water.

The genus is readily identified by the parallel-sided pronotum (segment behind the eyes).
… Andy Hamilton, 30 June, 2005 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

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