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Cicada with white markings on back and white underparts--Cacama? - Cacama valvata - male

Cicada with white markings on back and white underparts--Cacama? - Cacama valvata - Male
Española, New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
June 17, 2010
Size: 2.5 cm body length
Identified as a male because it was singing: metallic "zin"s merged into a whine lasting about ten seconds, followed by a couple seconds of individual "zin"s, about as loud as someone talking quietly. It stayed on this fencepost or the adjacent wires for at least two hours, but after that was gone. (I've been seeing something very similar in my yard for the past few days, though. It's always on perches two or three feet off the ground.)

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Cicada with white markings on back and white underparts--Cacama? - Cacama valvata - male Cicada with white markings on back and white underparts--Cacama? - Cacama valvata - male Cicada with white markings on back and white underparts--Cacama? - Cacama valvata - male Cicada with white markings on back and white underparts--Cacama? - Cacama valvata - male Cicada with white markings on back and white underparts--Cacama? - Cacama valvata - male

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Thanks
for the ID.

 
Very nice Cacama
I like your description of the call...well described!!!

Sorry, I'm not sure which...but I strongly suspect Cacama valvata.

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