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What is this bug?
frostybabygurl
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Aug 26, 2009, 08:57 AM
What is this bug?
Sorry to ask another bug question, but ever since we moved, our backyard has become a bug museum. Anyone know what kind of bug this is? It was the size of my thumb and was crawling across my patio after the rainfall.
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Ren6
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Aug 26, 2009, 09:59 AM
It's a cicada. This is the time of year they mate- they "buzz" up in the trees, mate, and then come down to die.
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Aug 26, 2009, 10:17 AM
You will often find their left over exoskeleton sitting on the side of a tree, split down the back from when they molted.
In the South they are often called "Katydids" and their mating buzz at dark has lulled generations of kids to sleep.
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Aug 26, 2009, 05:40 PM
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You will often find their left over exoskeleton sitting on the side of a tree, split down the back from when they molted.
In the South they are often called "Katydids" and their mating buzz at dark has lulled generations of kids to sleep.
I love that buzzing sound... the final sound of summer. :)
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