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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 08, 2010

I am not familiar with this insect. It appears to have some serious wing damage/defect and buzzes quite angrily when disturbed.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 08, 2010

I am not sure if this is an ovipositor or a stinger

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 08, 2010

This appears to be one of the periodical cicadas (Hemiptera/ : Cicadidae) in the genus Magicicada that apparently suffered some injury during eclosion from its nymphal exoskeleton - see http://tinyurl.com/2bq3l6b for an image of a 'normal' specimen. The next emergence of these cicadas in Louisiana (brood XIX) isn't supposed to happen until 2011; yours may be an outlier/straggler whose development got 'out of sync' - see http://tinyurl.com/ltp2qf

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 08, 2010

Thank you Suunto. It was very cicada-like, but i have been known to be wrong....GRIN I appreciate the info....Moon

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) May 09, 2010

They sound and look scary but I've never been hurt by one

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