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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
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Cicada - Platypedia
Copyright © 2006 Aaron Michael Peterson

Cicada - Platypedia
Natural Bridge, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
June 2, 2006
It had just finished raining, so this bug was covered in rain drops.
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Contributed by Aaron Michael Peterson on 3 June, 2006 - 2:24am
Last updated 15 June, 2006 - 5:13pm

Platypedia.
Ah, another Platypedia. Males lack the percussion organ, so make sound by tapping their wings against the substrate they are perched on.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 June, 2006 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thanks for the ID. This one didn't make any noise while I was there. I was hoping he would. :)
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 5 June, 2006 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
wet Platypedia
Dear Aaron,

Is it OK if I edit your picture on PhotoShop to remove the water droplets, and add it to my forthcoming Web site on cicadas?

For my credentials, see:
http://www.canacoll.org/Hemip/Staff/Hamilton/Hamilton.htm
… Andy Hamilton, 6 June, 2006 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

 
Sure
Go for it! :)
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 7 June, 2006 - 12:33am login or register to post comments

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