Cicada Killer Thread - Democratic Underground

GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-10-04 05:21 PM
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Cicada Killer Thread

These boogers have been flying down my chimney lately. The poor babies must see the hole and think they've found the motherlode!

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Eye and Monkey

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Mon May-10-04 05:24 PM
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1. Hmm. Cicada?

Edited on Mon May-10-04 05:29 PM by Eye and Monkey

Cicada.

Wasp

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Beaker

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Mon May-10-04 05:27 PM
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3. Cicada KILLER...

is a species of wasp that preys on the cicadas themselves.

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Eye and Monkey

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Mon May-10-04 05:35 PM
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10. I see. We call them "ground wasps".

I've seen them dragging katydids into burrows.

Katydid

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-10-04 05:39 PM
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16. What did

Katy do? :D

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Eye and Monkey

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Mon May-10-04 05:43 PM
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18. Katy made pretty songs, ate some of my greens, buzzed around.

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WillParkinson

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Mon May-10-04 05:24 PM
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2. I'm not sure...

But I'm fairly certain that is NOT a cicada.

Or are you calling that bug a cicada killer?

(Hey, I've been up 22 hours, sue me...)

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-10-04 05:28 PM
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4. Not a Cicada...Cicada Killer

Wasps who capture cicadas and feed them to their larvae. Yum.

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indigobusiness

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Mon May-10-04 05:37 PM
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11. I believe they lay their eggs in them

after dragging them into their burrow.

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Canuckistanian

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Mon May-10-04 05:29 PM
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What you got there is a wasp or hornet.

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Guy Fawkes

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Mon May-10-04 05:29 PM
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5. Dude... thats a wasp... n/t

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-10-04 05:32 PM
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6. Not just any wasp...

A Cicada Killer wasp!

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ima_sinnic

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Mon May-10-04 05:34 PM
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7. yes, this is a cicada killer wasp

Edited on Mon May-10-04 05:34 PM by ima_sinnic

as an entomologist I know whereof I speak

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indigobusiness

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Mon May-10-04 05:35 PM
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9. oops ..didn't see your post n/t

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ima_sinnic

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Mon May-10-04 05:37 PM
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12. well, we were posting at the exact same time

didn't see yours either, for that matter! :hi:

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indigobusiness

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Mon May-10-04 05:34 PM
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8. Yep That's a Cicada Killer Wasp

Don't step on one barefooted. I have.

They are way cool.

Asian imports.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-10-04 05:37 PM
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13. I've found 3 today in my living room.

Too bizarre!

I've been capturing them in my son's butterfly net and releasing them outdoors.

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EstimatedProphet

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Mon May-10-04 05:38 PM
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14. Hey wait! That's a cicada killer wasp!

Just being a smartass...couldn't resist.
I expect you'll see a lot of them this summer, since this is THE summer for cicadas. They'll drive you batty by the end of the summer.

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Whitacre D_WI

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Mon May-10-04 05:38 PM
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15. Uh... close the flue?

:shrug:

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon May-10-04 05:40 PM
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17. Doesn't seem to have helped...

I can't figure...

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soothsayer

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Mon May-10-04 05:57 PM
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19. They look more like hippos to me

ha ha

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indigobusiness

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Mon May-10-04 06:01 PM
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20. hippo-killer wasps

now that is scary

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Eye and Monkey

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Mon May-10-04 06:11 PM
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21. Ah. Those we call "mosquitos".

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