Bandido (Dido) boy for sure did not get scared from the noisiest insect...
He brought us this just morphed Cicada inside!
Would you know what you were looking at?
Placed it on a piece of paper towel...
On Austin Bug Collection Cicadidae ~ Cicadas ←click link and scroll down for seeing some very good images and 'lookalikes' for the above.
Cicadas spend most of their lives underground, eating roots and other plant material. Some emerge after some 17 years for morphing, mating and laying eggs and the cycle starts all over.
Strange insect...
You can see here a 1 minute short video:
A couple of Magicicada cicada nymphs at night (2016, WV, Brood V, Magicicada) ←click link. Towards the end you see the holes in the ground from where they came up...
Guess Dido stripped its wings...
Underside...Lots of legs it looks like.
Those eyes...!
Incredible 2:22 minute video: what the 17 year cicada sounds like INDIVIDUALLY and as a group ←click link
The sure did not scare Dido!
Neotibicen winnemanna (Davis, 1912) aka Eastern Scissor(s) Grinder ←excellent link to click on and it looks so much like Dido's catch!
Both of us are no experts in Cicadas but guess the above is interesting to check out.
This was another catch... a good month later.
Did you know Cicadas?
Related link:
{CICADA} | previous post by me
Foto molto belle,non ho mai visto una cicala così da vicino.
ReplyDeleteCara Olga,
DeleteGrazie e anche per noi era la prima volta!
Abbracci,
Mariette
I never imagined I find a *bugged* post. LOL! I was always fascinated with cicadas (some people call them locusts here) when I was a little girl. They are ugly creatures, but wow look how God made them. My brother and I would go outdoors in late summer to look for their empty shells, gather them, and then line them up on a board or tree trunk. As August turns into September, I always anticipate their "music"... I love that noise as afternoon wanes into evening. To me it's a calming sound. Thank you for the lesson in locusts! :) Hug and blessings, Mariette!
ReplyDeleteI have the comment problem fixed on my site! (Explanation in my reply to your comment.)
Dearest Diana,
DeleteYep, this is really a 'bugged' post and through our kitties we both learned a lot about them! Yes, the word locust was known to us but it is something different as they in fact are the grasshopper family. This confusion already goes back to colonial times.
Never mind, we figured out what a Cicada is now.
So happy you solved the comment problem!
Hugs,
Mariette
I grew up in the Midwest with fireflies and cicadas! Both imparted their own brand of magic. I simply could not believe how detailed your photos are!! And fascinating.
ReplyDeleteDearest Helen,
DeleteGuess a lot of us know about Cicadas and Fireflies because they are in our gardens. But through kitty Dido, we really got to seen a freshly molted one. Oh, their concerts are still very loud in the evenings, it is our summer sound!
Hugs,
Mariette
Ein solches Insekt habe ich noch nie gesehen. Danke fürs Zeigen, sehr interessant.
ReplyDeleteIch wünsche Dir noch eine schöne Restwoche.
Viele liebe Grüße
Wolfgang
Lieber Wolfgang,
DeleteDanke und da bin ich froh es introduziert zu haben hier.
Wir hatten es noch nie so gesehen aber Dank sei unser Dido boy haben wir eine gute Schulung bekommen!
Liebe Grüße,
Mariette
Ihhhh ... looks like an ALIAN ...
ReplyDeleteBut really interesting to see, what Nature can do!
Happy rest of the week, dearest Mariette!
Love and hugs, Claudia xo
Dearest Claudia,
DeleteOh, this was a very rare view to see a just molted species.
Unreal that they hide for 17 years underground and only come above ground for mating and multiplying...
Hugs,
Mariette
With features like that, no wonder it hides underground for 17 years!
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Dearest Victor,
DeleteHaha, it would be rather crowded if for certain features one had to go underground!
Hugs,
Mariette
Interesante información. Las imágenes son una buena ilustración.
ReplyDeleteBesos
Querida Antónia,
DeleteY todo gracias a nuestro gatito Bandido. ¡Ambos nunca habíamos visto uno como este! Ahora sabemos más...
Abrazos,
Mariette
Yes very familiar with those noisy little critters….
ReplyDeleteDearest Janey,
DeleteOh, they are so very noisy indeed. Still making their sounds at present.
Hugs,
Mariette
I have to admit that cicadas freak me out, Mariette, and yes, they are LOUD!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Dearest Martha Jane,
DeleteThey don't bite, nor sting... So why would one freak out?
Loud they are, that is so very true!
Hugs,
Mariette
Hello Mariette, Cicadas are a lucky symbol in Chinese culture, so there are a lot of them carved out of wood or jade. I even have an old wooden cookie mold is the shape of a cicada!
ReplyDelete--Jim
Dearest Jim,
DeleteThat is refreshing to read that in the Chinese culture they are respected and even symbolized in many ways.
They sure belong to our summer evenings!
Hugs,
Mariette
By no means a beautiful insect!
ReplyDeleteDearest Anne,
DeleteNo it isn't but Dido wanted us to see it!
Hugs,
Mariette
From the bottom of my heart .. thank you for the lovely comment.
ReplyDeleteDearest Helen,
DeleteYou were so deserving of it!
Knowing, that your dear Mother fully agrees with me.
Hugs,
Mariette
Good evening Mariette
ReplyDeleteUgliest things and makes my skin crawl just looking at this. I have holes in the ground every year here where they come out. I find their shells on the shed and on trees. I will show this to my grand girls and maybe they will stop collecting the shells in a bucket to to bring to me to see. Hugs Betsy
Dearest Betsy,
DeleteHaha, your grand girls act like our Bandido, gifting you with these garden critters.
It is quite educational to see all the videos and such. A strange insect.
Hugs,
Mariette
What a creature it gave me the shivers
ReplyDeleteDearest Jo-Anne,
DeleteThere is absolutely nothing to fear from them...😉
Hugs,
Mariette
Can't say I would stay to look...
ReplyDeleteDearest Katie Isabella,
DeleteWell, this was a GIFT from Dido and you have to look and admire his catch! 😉
Hugs,
Mariette