Class: Hexapoda (animals with six legs - includes all insects)
Order: Homoptera (cicadas, hoppers, psyllids, whiteflies, aphids, etc.)
homo = same and ptera = wings (singular is pteron)
These insects all feed on plant fluids. Some species are of particular importance in agriculture and landscaping.
Family: Cicadidae (cicadas)
Species: undetermined
Common Name: cicada (not species specific)
Date: 2001 June 07
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Foothills Trail near Frijole Ranch
Juveniles insects molt periodically. This skin was left behind after the last molt. In this case an adult insect emerged. The adult will not molt again.
another cicada molt
2001 August 09 in the Salt Basin near the Gypsum Dunes
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