Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 really? the 17 yr cicadas i remmeber were bloody well huge!!! the regular ones we have now are tiny in comparison...weird and, yes, have been bit more then once by a walking stick...dang lil buggers....and by praying mantis as well..i must look tasty.... fraggle " jojo " <tofujojo wrote: > >- ><EBbrewpunx > >Monday, April 22, 2002 8:45 AM >RE: Re: Vegan...more than just a diet > > >> cicadas are strnge lil buggers....when i was a wee fraggle, the 17 yr >cicadas came out..they were EVERYWHERE! at first, we didn't know wot they >were, found a dozen on a neighbors bush, took em home, puzzled over >em...then, by the end of the week, there were millions of them..everywhere >> the cicadas out here are tiny in comparison... > >Yeah, there are different varieties. The smaller ones are less frequent >visitors (the 17 year or whatever) -- annually we get the big ones. And >then there are the " Cicada Killers " which are these mammoth, nasty wasps >that prey on cicadas. They sting them until they are paralyzed (but still >very much alive) and carry them up tall trees in order to get enough height >to actually fly with them off to their nests where they use their sharp ova >positors to break through the cicadas exoskeleton (sp?) and lay their eggs. >The eggs then hatch and eat the cicada alive from the inside-out. What a >nightmare that must be! I'm hoping that the cicada is put in some kind of >comatose state by the stinging. I just can't imagine mother nature being >that cruel. The little green cicadas are the prettiest, IMO. > > >> walking sticks bite!!! > >That's why I like them Just kidding, I wasn't aware that they bite, >actually. They pretty much act like they don't really care to be bothered >with, though, so I'm not surprised. I've never been able to pick one up, I >don't think. Praying mantises sometimes like hanging out with you, though. >And my guess is that they can bite you pretty good if they wanted to as they >are carnivorous. But they'll sit on your shoulder and hang out for quite a >while. They watch you! They tilt their pretty heads around and look right >at you! I think they are the only (or one of the only) insects that have >heads that move almost like ours do. Most insects have pretty fixed heads >or a relatively limited range of motion. Mantises can look up and down and >around. > >Please just tell me stop or I will keep going.... I wanted to be an >entomologist when I was little, but my father told me they killed bugs so I >started playing with Barbies instead. Bugs are much prettier than Barbie, >though. > >--jojo > > > > >To send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2002 Report Share Posted April 23, 2002 - <EBbrewpunx Monday, April 22, 2002 11:14 AM RE: Re: Re: Vegan...more than just a diet > really? the 17 yr cicadas i remmeber were bloody well huge!!! the regular ones we have now are tiny in comparison...weird Hmm... the rarer ones here on the east coast are definitely smaller. Like 1/2 the size of the common ones. Maybe it's different from coast to coast? I don't know what the common names for them are, though (i.e 17 year or 1 year or whathaveyou) > and, yes, have been bit more then once by a walking stick...dang lil buggers....and by praying mantis as well..i must look tasty.... Heehee -- maybe you do! I know one of my igs think my little pink toesies look mighty good. I have to wear shoes at all times around her -- lol. --jojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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