[obol] Off topic: Portland area cicadas

[Mike Patterson]

The two cicada species that pop up in regional guides most often 
are PUTNAM'S CICADA (_Platypedia putnami_) and LITTLE CICADA 
(_P. Minor_).  Garden Insects of North America also mentions the
genus _Okanagana_)

Photos of _Platypedia_
http://bugguide.net/node/view/23384/bgimage

Photos of _Okanagana_
http://bugguide.net/node/view/20950/bgimage

"D.Max Smith" wrote:
> 
> Obol folks,
> 
> I have been hearing cicadas singing in and around Portland for the past few
> weeks and today I found several shed exoskeletons on large Doug firs at
> Shute Park in Hillsboro. The adults I have seen before are bumblebee size
> and orange and black. I have studied southwestern cicadas in the past and I
> would like to learn more about the ones here. Does anyone know what/which
> species emerge here? Or of any entomologists that could help me out?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Max Smith
> 


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Mike Patterson               
Astoria, OR                    
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