team scooter Posted July 12, 2017 Share #1 Posted July 12, 2017 And why is it parked on our front steps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted July 12, 2017 Share #2 Posted July 12, 2017 Be thankful it isn't in your ear....or your bed Have an ice cream sammich...that will help 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted July 12, 2017 Share #3 Posted July 12, 2017 That is the shell of a cicada. They metamorphosize underground come to the surface and become locusts or cicadas 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted July 12, 2017 Share #4 Posted July 12, 2017 EWWWWWWW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted July 13, 2017 Share #5 Posted July 13, 2017 The future of mankind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted July 13, 2017 11 hours ago, parodybot said: That is the shell of a cicada. They metamorphosize underground come to the surface and become locusts or cicadas Thanks. I guess I've never really looked very closely at their shed skins. While alive (and making a racket), the cicadas are kinda cute. With red trimmed wings and bulging red eyes. This thing looked like a UPS truck with a tusk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted July 13, 2017 Share #7 Posted July 13, 2017 46 minutes ago, team scooter said: Thanks. I guess I've never really looked very closely at their shed skins. While alive (and making a racket), the cicadas are kinda cute. With red trimmed wings and bulging red eyes. This thing looked like a UPS truck with a tusk. That's cute??? Yer weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted July 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, smudge said: That's cute??? Yer weird. Kinda cute... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parodybot Posted July 13, 2017 Share #9 Posted July 13, 2017 2 hours ago, team scooter said: Kinda cute... Take the wings off, and you can see how it would fit in the shed skin. If you ever have the chance to watch one shed and then watch the wings slowly "inflate" it is very cool. In Texas, we get ciccada killer wasps. HUGE wasps that will fly into the trees, sting the cicada to paralyze it, then carry the thing to the ground and shove it down a hole that the wasp dug. Then it lays eggs on the paralyzed cicada so that the baby wasps will have a live dinner when they hatch. The wasps are not evil and mean, and will seldom if ever sting a human, regardless of what @AirwickWithCheese will tell you, but my boys have fun swatting them with tennis rackets anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 13, 2017 Share #10 Posted July 13, 2017 10 minutes ago, parodybot said: Take the wings off, and you can see how it would fit in the shed skin. If you ever have the chance to watch one shed and then watch the wings slowly "inflate" it is very cool. In Texas, we get ciccada killer wasps. HUGE wasps that will fly into the trees, sting the cicada to paralyze it, then carry the thing to the ground and shove it down a hole that the wasp dug. Then it lays eggs on the paralyzed cicada so that the baby wasps will have a live dinner when they hatch. The wasps are not evil and mean, and will seldom if ever sting a human, regardless of what @AirwickWithCheese will tell you, but my boys have fun swatting them with tennis rackets anyway. Mine too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted July 13, 2017 Share #11 Posted July 13, 2017 I remember working the gates as a young MP in 1985 when the DC area had a 17 year cicada bloom. At night We had then stacked up to the tops of our boots under the guard house lights. So freaking nasty, crunch crunch with every step. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 13, 2017 Share #12 Posted July 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, ChrisL said: I remember working the gates as a young MP in 1985 when the DC area had a 17 year cicada bloom. At night We had then stacked up to the tops of our boots under the guard house lights. So freaking nasty, crunch crunch with every step. We get that with crickets in Texas. And the smell is horrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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