Annual Cicada - Green Bug With Sticky Feet
by Carol Senske
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Annual Cicada - Green Bug With Sticky Feet
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Carol Senske
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Photograph - Photograph
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Unlike the periodic types of cicadas, the annual kinds hatch, mate, and die every year. The annual types are larger than the periodic cicadas, more green, chunkier:>) The males "sing" toward the last half of summer and, after mating the females lay their eggs in slits in tree bark. The eggs hatch and the larvae spend the rest of their grub life under ground sucking juices from tree roots.
This picture was taken August 18, 2012, in Green Lane, Pennsylvania, USA.
This card is dedicated to some of the throatiest songsters in our woods:>)
You can learn more by visiting here:
http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/annual-cicadas-dog-day-cicadas
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March 11th, 2013
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Comments (4)
Kristin Elmquist
Wonderful macro with a great composition, Carol. I hate these bugs! Only because they always saw on the tender branches of my fruit trees. I fear we're going to see a lot of them this year. The noise they make can be deafening. :) Vote.
Carol Senske replied:
They do make slits in the bark to lay their eggs and then, when the larvae hatch, they migrate to the ground and dine on the roots. Most people say they don't do a lot of harm, but I can understand you're unhappiness when it comes to fruit trees:>). I hope Tennessee is spared!
Bob Orsillo
Handsome little devil :)) Nice shot Carol! v/f
Carol Senske replied:
I think I'll name him Quasimodo - Love the V/F and the comment - of course he's handsome, he's GREEN (at least partly) and green is my mostest, bestest, favoritest color:>)
Carol Groenen
Awesome capture, Carol. I've always wondered what they look like.
Carol Senske replied:
I know they don't look like dinner to me, but some people say they are tasty - arghhh.
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