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What is this large insect with orange legs? #757930

Asked June 23, 2021, 1:56 PM EDT

Can you help identify this large insect with orange legs and clear wings? Whatever it is, it became baby bluebird food in a few more seconds. The photo was taken at about 8500 ft in Rocky Mtn National Park.

Larimer County Colorado

Expert Response

I think it's a cicada (not the one getting all the recent press).

See http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/cicadas-5-590/.

Frank Peairs, Emeritus Professor of Entomology Replied June 23, 2021, 5:12 PM EDT

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