Bandido (Dido) did bring us this just Morphed Cicada

 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:

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From Jungle to Reclaimed Parcel of Land

 After coming home from work in Mexico, now some serious reclaiming is being done!

Slowly husband Pieter is turning it from Jungle to Reclaimed Parcel of Land...

Pioneering work at its best!But we are getting to see the fruits of hard labor.We had just been two weeks in Mexico from November 27 till December 12.If viewed on YouTube there is English translation below. 
Related links:Plug from Extension Cord GONE... | previous post by meControlled Burning of Underbrush Cuttings | previous postBuilding a Bridge in Two Days | previous post from bridge ready the day before Controlled Burning...Jungle Clearing and Discovery of Tires | previous postJungle Clearing | previous post from two months earlierOur Garden at the Time we had Access to Spent Mushroom Compost | the Vedder Estate on video by Middle Georgia Magazine after ALL the hard work got done...Non Glamorous Wheelbarrow Job for Filling and Raising Swampy Parts | previous post by meThe FIGHT of Growing Grass in Subtropical Georgia/USA | previous post by me

Incredible Imperial Moth and LARGE

 As husband Pieter wrote to his Mother early on, we live in a region where birds have the size of a butterfly, like the hummingbird. But also where a butterfly or moth has the size of a bird!

Just like butterflies, moths also belong to the group Lepidoptera.

The Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis imperialis has a wing span of 3⅛ - 6⅞ inches (8 - 17.4 cm).

Imperial Moth as captured by husband Pieter...

Quite an impressive size.

Have you ever seen the Imperial Moth?