Identify Please
Aug 15, 2023 11:45:15 #
Surprise encounter while walking the dog. Nature is always interesting if not always beautiful.
Aug 15, 2023 12:02:26 #
I think Mr. Google identified this for me, but I’ll leave it for you entomologists to chime in.
Aug 15, 2023 12:37:08 #
lesdmd wrote:
Surprise encounter while walking the dog. Nature is always interesting if not always beautiful.
It is a cicada, also known as the 17 year locust which it is not a locust. It does not eat, it chirps to seek a mate and then dies. It only lives to mate. It does live in the ground for 17 years then emerges, busts out of the shell as you have captured, dries out and then flies into the trees.
bruce
Aug 15, 2023 13:02:49 #
"One exclusively North American genus, Magicicada (the periodical cicadas), which spend most of their lives as underground nymphs, emerge in predictable intervals of 13 or 17 years, depending on the species and the location. "
I had the unfortunate experience of living in Washington DC when a 17-year variety emerged. You couldn't walk on the sidewalks without squishing two hundred of them, and you couldn't sleep for the horrible noise from the sex-starved hoards competing for mates
I had the unfortunate experience of living in Washington DC when a 17-year variety emerged. You couldn't walk on the sidewalks without squishing two hundred of them, and you couldn't sleep for the horrible noise from the sex-starved hoards competing for mates
Aug 15, 2023 13:23:10 #
riderxlx wrote:
It is a cicada, also known as the 17 year locust which it is not a locust. It does not eat, it chirps to seek a mate and then dies. It only lives to mate. It does live in the ground for 17 years then emerges, busts out of the shell as you have captured, dries out and then flies into the trees.
bruce
bruce
bingo!Aug 15, 2023 13:24:58 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
b i "One exclusively North American genus, ... (show quote)
Walking alone in the woods and almost deafened hearing them hum then everything suddenly going quiet is an unnerving experience.
Aug 15, 2023 13:27:20 #
Thank you everyone for taking the time to respond. Mr. Google agrees with your diagnosis.
Aug 15, 2023 13:33:05 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
b i "One exclusively North American genus, ... (show quote)
Yupper Linda, you nailed it. Here in Texas we are just used to them singing away all day and all night. They seem to emerge from under the ground at night and bust out of their shell, kinda like butterflies, and dries in the morning sun. I have noticed that depending on the seasonal weather conditions how many we have years later.
Whatta life huh ? live all your life in the earth eating roots and such , then come out to the open world to just get laid and then die. That part is short lived, but if you a bug ? well that's their life.
I hope this answers his question.
bruce.
Aug 15, 2023 15:15:11 #
insulator
Loc: JASPER, ALABAMA
That would be a cicada, Cicadas are insects with six legs, two antennae, two compound eyes, 3 simple eyes, 2 pairs of wings, a beak for drinking, opercula (covering their auditory chambers), and at least one method of making noise (most males have tymbals).https://www.cicadamania.com/ We have hundreds of them in Alabama. They are obnoxiously loud noise makers.
Aug 15, 2023 23:16:10 #
When we were kids we had no money for bait so we would dig up worms and catch these bugs for fishing. They were great cause they move a lot and attract those fish.if you don't like the noise get Window World triple pane hurricane windows.they keep out about 60 to 75% of the noise and I use about $10 -$15 per week electric savings.
Aug 16, 2023 08:54:19 #
lesdmd wrote:
Surprise encounter while walking the dog. Nature is always interesting if not always beautiful.
That's an annual cicada, not a periodical. Annual cicadas hatch every year, periodicals hatch en mass in 13 to 17 year periods. Yours has just emerged so it's difficult to identify the species. There are 35 species and subspecies of cicadas in North America.
Want more information? Here's a great cicada source:https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/common-cicadas-of-north-america/
Aug 16, 2023 09:55:05 #
Aug 17, 2023 14:05:21 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Procreation is important!! b i "One exclusively North American genus, ... (show quote)
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