Giant Cicada Killer
 

In keeping with the weird yard animal and insect theme here at Elcova. I now submit the Cicada Killer... dant ta daaaaaaaa

This big bitch was found flying around in our enclosed porch and the Mrs. caught it up in a box and I transferred it to a jar for the kid to study.

They eat cicada's, of which are buzzing loudly nowadays. I'll post a picture of one of those buggars in a momento. This sucker is about 2.5 inches long and is a big member of the wasp family. Now, considering our five year old has been stung by wasps more times than I care to remember, she wasn't too keen on seeing this thing flying around out in the porch.

More information on these weirdos are here: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/c...illerhome.html

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Now, what they eat...... the Cicada

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a different pic

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Cicada's are nasty buggers! We had them dive-bombing us a few weeks ago when we went camping. I bought one of these. Works like a charm :)

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Ever try and lick it when it's on?:giggling:

Well? Anymore pics Paragon?

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Do they kill spiders too?

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Yep...and they keep the kids under control too...j/k :)

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Damn! That's a BIG wasp.

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Imagine the stinger on that bish!!!

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Once again, I wished I lived in the South. :D

No bugs to study up here at 8000 ft. :cool:

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No Ocean Surf at 8000ft.

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Hymenoptera vs. Homoptera! Excellent.

And let me congratulate you for knowing that was a cicada. Most fools around here call them locusts, which are Orthoptera.

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Ya but they'll have a nice view when the tsunami hits.:D

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FOX NEWS Hurricane reports.;)

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She'll be ready :)

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:giggling: Good G, you could leash those things .. the cicada's, I mean. :giggling:

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Problem is you'd be using Homer's words on the bugs and other Southern creatures on a daily basis, or at least until the wife and kids disappeared.

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Just for you sweety;)

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close-up

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'nother view

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check out those footsies:eek: :eek:

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Haaa! That doesn't prove they kill cicadas. ;)

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Holy Cow! And you choose to live over there?!?:)

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X2!!!!!:eek:

Paragon, can you put it on your finger for scale? I just want to get an ideal as to how big it is.:giggling:

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When in TN, they offered Cicadas snacks....yum:beerchug:

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His hands are VERY BIG, I don't know how "scale" it will be. :eek: :D

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I bet Nights are a HOOT!.....Down on the Farm.....I can see it Now!......Fam gathers......Taking Hand Zappers ( much like a glove @ a ball game) to their Favorite seats!:shhh: .......... PARAGON--not satified with the Stock 110.....Plugs in The NEW, Custom Built, 220V :eek: Industial Strength....BUG ZAPPER!..........(Small birds, bats, and rodents, are for the baby Eastern Brown Snake)

And, As The Misses checks the corn mesh, and refill the Jug, The Young un's (laughing their A$$es off) look like sparklers in the night!.......As Skeeters Swarm from the pond around them!

All Is Well!........And, As the First Giant Moth touches the grid...The power Improvments have really paid off! :) ........FLAME And POP!!! (use to be, little flames, sticking, stinking, smoking and somtimes shorting! :( ) ....Why......It's gonna be like the 4Th of July Every Night, Now!..........As the Fam gathers round for the Night's Entertainment!:D

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Is it true about the big hands small pecker theory?:giggling:

.......My hands are tiny.:p

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have you been conducting scouting ops on us:mad:

and it's corn MASH;)

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Any way to ship me a case of those puppies? The cicadas up here are nasty loud this year....