3.9.08

Wordless Wednesday Mystery -- September 3



What did this turn into? (I have no clue).
Posted by kd at 09:02

11 comments:

Amy said...

Krys,
Looks like you have a "newly winged" Cicada running around in your yard now. They leave these shells behind after they emerge from the ground, and don't generally cause too much damage - with the exception of the 17 year swarms, who can do a number on your trees. I found a plump brown and tan Cicada on my trellis the other day, and I was surprised to see them still around this close to September.

3/9/08 18:50
kd said...

Amy: Thanks for the identification! Swarms aside, I love the noises they make -- it always makes me think of the end of summer, hot lazy days, blue skies with fluffy clouds.... Of course this year, it corresponded to the first weeks of school for the kids -- not quite so laid back & sedate. Oh well!

/krys

3/9/08 19:01
Gail said...

I would say cicada, too, the noisy critters! We are having a big emergence and they can create a racket.

3/9/08 22:43
kd said...

Gail: I hope you're not literally being eaten out of house & garden by them! I don't ever recall huge swarms of them here -- just the occasional ones every summer.

/krys

4/9/08 07:17
Roses and Lilacs said...

Hi KD, we were supposed to have a 17 year invasion but it never happened;) Which was good because I wasn't looking forward to it.
Marnie

4/9/08 11:13
kd said...

Marnie: I can't even begin to imagine what a Cicada invasion looks like, let alone sounds like! In any case, I'm glad you were spared this year.

Does that fact that the expected invasion on the 17-year mark didn't take place mean that it'll be another 17 years or is the 17 years only an approximate interval?

/krys

4/9/08 12:07
GardenJoy4Me said...

kd .. eeeuuuwwww ! LOL
cicada noise makes me crazy .. I have tinnittus and it sounds almost the same , so when they turn up the volume I run !
That was a great shot of "him" though .. great detail .. I would still RUN ! LOL

4/9/08 16:40
kd said...

Joy: Sorry to hear you have to deal with tinnitus -- I know that can be very unpleasant. Noise aside, I was tempted to run (jump back a few feet at the very least) when I saw that guy in the mint too!

/krys

4/9/08 17:09
gardenpath said...

We used to call those jar flies when I was a kid in Oklahoma. The shells were all over the tree trunks. I see live ones here in Maine occasionally.

4/9/08 17:13
jim said...

Krys, I've read that there are many kinds of cicadas with life cycles that vary from a couple of years to the 17 yr cycle. I think it's the long cycle types that cause the massive invasions. Here in Montreal we get the humdrum-short-cycle-no-cool-invasion type of cicada. Too bad.

4/9/08 22:01
kd said...

Gardenpath: I see what you mean about the shells. I just went out into the garden in the hopes that I'd find a shell and not a dead insect.

Jim: I brought the shell into the house should you want to take a closer look. It is the strangest thing -- a somewhat transparent (large) insect-shaped husk, legs & all. And, in addition, there's no evidence of a largish insect crawling out of that shell. < Transporter beam sound effect from Star Trek goes here >

/krys

4/9/08 22:18

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