Platypedia (Wing-tapping cicadas)

UPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/university/2025/oct/28/#incident-1103681">Patrol Check &#8212; PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH LAB 2:11 a.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/oct/28/#incident-1103677">DISTURBANCE &#8212; 2100 block of TYDD ST 1:31 a.m.
FoPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/fortuna/2025/oct/28/#incident-1103680">WELFARE CHECK &#8212; RIVERWALK DR 1:18 a.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/oct/28/#incident-1103674">TRAFFIC STOP &#8212; 1900 block of BROADWAY ST 1:17 a.m.
CHP: Live or Dead Animal at Highway 255 and Jackson Ranch Rd 1:14 a.m.
FoPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/fortuna/2025/oct/28/#incident-1103679">UNWANTED SUBJECT &#8212; RIVERWALK DR 1:04 a.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/oct/28/#incident-1103675">PATROL CHECK &#8212; 100 block of HIGHWAY 255 1 a.m.

Platypedia minor. Photo: (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Platypedia is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 20 described species in Platypedia.

Species: Platypedia minor (Minor cicada)