cicada

[nepenthes]

I found this neat bug in my yard.


It was dieing, it was in the grass, and It could barely move its wings.

[mick]

GREAT PIC, those buggers live underground for about 7 years then make hay for a spring/summer then all thats left is fairy wings!

Try and get a pic of the head of a preying mantis with ya macro mode on. You wont believe your eyes!

[KONASDAD]

Love that "electric Hummm" they produce when its real hot...like today-ghastly hot and the cicadas are humming loudly!

[TwT]

it takes 17 years here in the USA mick,

heres some info

Their life cycle takes 17 years in northern species (the so-called 17-year locusts) and 13 years in southern species; the two types overlap in parts of the United States

[mick]

Crikey that is a long time ted!

I always feel guilty when I dig up one in the garden. I rebury it, but I dunno if they survive?

[Scadsobees]

The dog day cicada (pictured) has a life cycle of 2-5 years. 
The other kind, periodical, has a longer life cycle.

I've never dug up a nymph, but my boys have been catching them by the gross this year.  We got to watch one hatch out of its skin this year, very cool to watch.

Rick

[randydrivesabus]

when those 17 year ones hatched out here a few years ago they reminded me most of shrimp. i will cook and eat some next cycle...or so i say now. they make much noise.

[Cindi]

Oooh, what a nice picture.  Best of this day, great life.  Cindi