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unknown CA bug emerges from larvae - Platypedia
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unknown CA bug emerges from larvae - Platypedia
Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
March 7, 2010
Size: 2 cm body
Bug emerging from larvae that was found on a prickly pear cactus. I suspect based on its final form that it was a cicada, but I didn't know cicada were in California. It was also about half the size of any cicada that I've seen on the east coast. Plus, I've never heard cicadas in the trees around here.

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Contributed by PeteHoban on 8 March, 2010 - 12:32pm
Last updated 9 August, 2012 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from Platypedia.
… Bill Reynolds, 9 August, 2012 - 10:27am

Moved
Moved from Cicadas.
… Bill Reynolds, 30 July, 2010 - 1:09pm

NICE emergence series!
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 16 March, 2010 - 9:29am

Definitely a cicada of some variety.
Looks a bit like this one:



But that might be just because it's newly emerged. Wait to see what the experts have to say.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 March, 2010 - 12:47pm

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