A What Is It?
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A What Is It?
Anyone have any ideas as to what these things are? I see them every year around this time affixed to trees, under the deck where I shot this one late this afternoon. They're about 1 1/2" long. It doesn't look like some sort of bee despite the tail. Look at them eyes. That's no bee's eyes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43545724@N03/9600480669/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43545724@N03/9600480669/
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They must dig in the ground. Looks like dirt all over him and I've found nickel to dime size holes in the back yard.
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What 3leggedturtle said. They make a whole lot of noise if you get enough of 'em together.
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They live underground and emerge only to breed lay eggs and die.ColColt wrote:They must dig in the ground. Looks like dirt all over him and I've found nickel to dime size holes in the back yard.
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They spend 7 or 17 years underground then emerge to mate and die. They have no mouth or any other way to eat.ColColt wrote:They must dig in the ground. Looks like dirt all over him and I've found nickel to dime size holes in the back yard.
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There are a few every year, and a bigger bunch off and on, but about every 17 years there is a HUGE amount of them (along with huge damage to young trees); if you've not been where there is a huge eruption like that, it's amazing.
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+1 what a pain in the a** these guys are during hunting seasons....3leggedturtle wrote:Cicada
incredibly loud down here when its very dry...
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Well we know your not from down south. Or you lived a very sheltered life.
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What a nerd, I thought for sure it was a Transformers Insecticon.
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Cicadas are a hoot. I had a customer that had retired and moved south. I did a bunch of work on his car one time (clutch,timing belt,brakes, struts,tune) . I did the work myself and car was flawless when I got done. He picked the car up and brought it right back complaining of a strange noise. I couldn't go for a road test right then so he said keep it until the next day and check it out. Next day drove the car several time still no noise.He picks it up brings it right back, getting kind of upset about it. This time I could go for a road test with him. First bunch of oak trees we pass he says "thats it". I take over driving pull under some oaks and turn the car off. He is amazed the noise is still there. I explain to him what it is and he gets this look on his face you would not believe. Then he asks "you're not going to tell anyone about this are you?" .
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That's about a terrible lifestyle! I wondered what all those holes in the backyard were from. I was afraid they may be yellow jackets.They spend 7 or 17 years underground then emerge to mate and die. They have no mouth or any other way to eat.
I'm in the great state of TN. I remember hearing those things when I was a kid and my Dad said they were Katydids. I think both of them make a lot of racket. It sounds a lot like what I hear all the time since I have tinnitus. It's like listening to them year round everyday and night.Well we know your not from down south. Or you lived a very sheltered life.
wolfdog-That story reminds me of when I got my first dog. He had rolled over on his back to get a belly rub and I saw places on his tummy area that I couldn't quite make out what was wrong. I couldn't see that close up and they felt like they could be ticks so, I took him to the vet and told her the problem I was concerned about and showed her what I had found. She looked at me and said, "Honey, that's his teats!" I felt the blood leave my face and travel down to my stomach., I told her, "This doesn't have to go any further, ok?" She agreed and said there would be no charge for the visit. I didn't know boy dogs had teats.Then he asks "you're not going to tell anyone about this are you?" .
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As a kid growing up in Japan I'll never forget the sound of Cicadas or as they are called there "semi" (seh-mee), a very peaceful relaxing sound of country life there. Been over 47 years but still a fond memory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-_kNWJXNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-_kNWJXNw
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E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
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That is the example I give people who don't have tinnitus when I tell them I do and it causes me a lot of trouble. Go stand under a tree full of singing cicadas and then imagine what it's like hearing that 24-7-365.ColColt wrote:<snip>
I'm in the great state of TN. I remember hearing those things when I was a kid and my Dad said they were Katydids. I think both of them make a lot of racket. It sounds a lot like what I hear all the time since I have tinnitus. It's like listening to them year round everyday and night.
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Perhaps the Japanese Cicadas sing a different tune. Those in Arizona and Illienoise are anything but peaceful. Or ~~ maybe they are clashing with my tinnitus.Friends Call Me Ji wrote:As a kid growing up in Japan I'll never forget the sound of Cicadas or as they are called there "semi" (seh-mee), a very peaceful relaxing sound of country life there. Been over 47 years but still a fond memory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-_kNWJXNw
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I feel your pain. I've been living with it since summer of 1974. I understand there's hearing aids today than they can cancel out that sound but has anyone priced hearing aids lately? Think $5K plus each. Medicare won't cover a cent of it either nor will my supplement.That is the example I give people who don't have tinnitus when I tell them I do and it causes me a lot of trouble. Go stand under a tree full of singing cicadas and then imagine what it's like hearing that 24-7-365.
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"... I remember hearing those things when I was a kid and my Dad said they were Katydids. "
That's just another name for them. Where I was raised, they called them locusts, which isnt correct, but everyone used the term.
Hideous sound to me. It always clashed with my tinnitus also, and seemed to magnify it to a profoundly annoying degree.
That's just another name for them. Where I was raised, they called them locusts, which isnt correct, but everyone used the term.
Hideous sound to me. It always clashed with my tinnitus also, and seemed to magnify it to a profoundly annoying degree.
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Just good equipment...Nikon D200 with 60 f2.5 micro lens shot at f14 and flash.Sixgun wrote:One thing for sure, that's some nice photography .----6
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Cicada, AKA 17 Year Locust.
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Here's another example of Japanese Cicadas singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymR5xfUP3KwJ Miller wrote:Perhaps the Japanese Cicadas sing a different tune. Those in Arizona and Illienoise are anything but peaceful. Or ~~ maybe they are clashing with my tinnitus.Friends Call Me Ji wrote:As a kid growing up in Japan I'll never forget the sound of Cicadas or as they are called there "semi" (seh-mee), a very peaceful relaxing sound of country life there. Been over 47 years but still a fond memory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-_kNWJXNw
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All I have are pleasant childhood memories of Japanese country life associated with the sounds of singing Cicadas that and the memories of fireflies filling the summer night sky. My hearing is not the as it used to be, maybe I'd think different now if I heard them today. Memories are many times better than realities.
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E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
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Amazing short video on the life cycle of the cicada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICDdTBgqYt0
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
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ColColt wrote:Anyone have any ideas as to what these things are? I see them every year around this time affixed to trees, under the deck where I shot this one late this afternoon. They're about 1 1/2" long. It doesn't look like some sort of bee despite the tail. Look at them eyes. That's no bee's eyes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43545724@N03/9600480669/
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