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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Aug 18, 2007

This guy literally ran into me last night and left a bruise!

Anyone know which cicada this is?

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Aug 18, 2007

I love the wings!

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maccionoadha Halifax, MA(Zone 6a) Aug 20, 2007

Looks like a slightly moldy, Periodical Cicadas- Magicicada spp.

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 20, 2007

Here's a great site I found:
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/steincarter/cicadas.htm

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Aug 21, 2007

I don't know what that powdery stuff is. I don't think it's mold.

Thanks for the link!

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MsMaati Newburgh, IN(Zone 6a) Aug 24, 2007

Don't know the name of your guy, but looks dead to me. Just kidding. I think this fellow got to it first.

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Aug 24, 2007

I stuck him in the freezer for 15 mintues so I could photograph him. He came to in about 20 minutes then left.

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MsMaati Newburgh, IN(Zone 6a) Aug 24, 2007

She was trying to carry it back to the burrow, made it about 1 ft while I was watching.

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Aug 24, 2007

When I lived in Terre Haute there was a colony of cicada killers in my side yard. The guys in the entymology dept at ISU camped out for a week and even dug up a few nests. The deepest one was 2 feet deep.

They scared the beejeebers out of me the first time I saw them.

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MsMaati Newburgh, IN(Zone 6a) Aug 24, 2007

Did you know that the male does not have a stinger?

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