Orchard Cicada
Platypedia areolata
Common cicada on the Pacific coast from California to intermontane valleys of southern British Columbia, where it may occur in such numbers that its egg-laying damages fruit trees. Recorded swarms: Kootenay Valley, 1912 and Okanagan Valley, 1913, 1918; also common at Victoria, 1923 and Lillooet, 1926. Judging by population outbreaks, there is probably a 4 or 5-year life cycle.