Can you ID? No googling!
May 13, 2013 11:25:18 #
I know what they are after 2 years of searching for answers. Do you? Don't cheat and google!
May 13, 2013 11:33:57 #
Sorry, not a clue, ------But terrific photos.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
ph0t0bug wrote:
I know what they are after 2 years of searching for answers. Do you? Don't cheat and google!
:thumbup: :thumbup:
May 13, 2013 11:34:30 #
Don't know what they are but it's definitely time to reach for the DDT. Are those stingers lethal?
Nice shots BTW.
Nice shots BTW.
May 13, 2013 11:43:44 #
No the "horns" are harmless. They are very pretty, aren't they? Don't know if they are found anywhere other than U.S.
May 13, 2013 11:44:35 #
Lorimer
Loc: Kelowna B.C
ph0t0bug wrote:
I know what they are after 2 years of searching for answers. Do you? Don't cheat and google!
Your photos are really good! Are those the bugs that come out about every 15 or so years. Never seen any but heard lots about them.
May 13, 2013 11:46:04 #
Lorimer wrote:
Your photos are really good! Are those the bugs that come out about every 15 or so years. Never seen any but heard lots about them.
No, not cicadas. They are tiny. You wouldn't even notice them on a tree.
May 13, 2013 11:47:53 #
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May 13, 2013 15:06:50 #
How cute! After Nikonian ID'd, I googled the below. Says they only do "minor" damage.
The recorded distribution in the United States is primarily in the states that form a broad U-shaped curve from Pennsylvania and New Jersey south through the Carolinas and Georgia to Florida, then west to Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, California, and north to Oregon (and Vancouver) where the coastal climate is moderate. Interior records include Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee, and western North Carolina, but, in general, there is a scarcity of records from the great heartland areas of the United States. The 40th parallel serves as an approximate northern range limit with few exceptions.
The recorded distribution in the United States is primarily in the states that form a broad U-shaped curve from Pennsylvania and New Jersey south through the Carolinas and Georgia to Florida, then west to Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, California, and north to Oregon (and Vancouver) where the coastal climate is moderate. Interior records include Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee, and western North Carolina, but, in general, there is a scarcity of records from the great heartland areas of the United States. The 40th parallel serves as an approximate northern range limit with few exceptions.
May 13, 2013 16:19:01 #
OK Nikonian and Linda from Maine, you cheated! I have sent these photos to people all over the country and nobody had ever seen one before. I finally contacted the County extention agent who researched them and ID'd them for me.In one photo one of them is in the process of morphing from juvenile to adult. Such a huge difference.Thanks to everybody for not cheating and shame on those who did :)
May 13, 2013 16:20:14 #
May 13, 2013 16:22:36 #
Opps, I forgot to send the "morphing" photo. Here it is.
ph0t0bug wrote:
Thanks to those who sent kind comments as well!
May 13, 2013 16:23:14 #
they are actually in an off-the-wall-way kind of pretty lil things.....nice shot's
May 13, 2013 16:31:21 #
I think they are beautiful. The colorful ones are the adults.They didn't damage the trees at all. I had them 2 years in a row that I know of. Of course, if they were up high I would never see them. Just happened the two groups were at eye level.It was really interesting watching them over a period of days as they changed. At first I thought one group was eating the other because they would slowly disappear and the numbers of the others increased.
Tom DePuy wrote:
they are actually in an off-the-wall-way kind of pretty lil things.....nice shot's
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