petunia
northern michigan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Found this bug |
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This was actually under my knee when I was pulling weeds in the garden. I couldn't figure out where I was hearing the noise come from until I looked better.
Would this be a locas and/or cicada bug?
They make a very loud noise or maybe a loud hum.
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glendann
Texas
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Thats a Cicada Locust.I like them .You may find his sheded coating on bushes are different places.
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SCAREY 
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kuntrygal
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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I can't stand the noise they make 
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toni
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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They extremely noisey too. They are called the Dog-day Cicada because they are the harbinger of the 'dog days of summer' and are the loudest on the hottest days.
Summer just isn't the same without their noise.
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glendann
Texas
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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Your so right toni,They can get loud but what would a summer in Texas be without them.
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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We have them here too and I am always finding there shedded shells.
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pigeontoad
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Cicadas! That sound reminds me of visits to the midwest when I was a kid. We don't have them out west; but we have Mormon crickets. They come out in swarms during the fall.
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Netty
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We have those here too Petunia. Aren't they the oddest looking bugs? Summer wouldn't be the same without their humming 
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NINA
Berkshires MA.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:16 am Post subject: |
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Awesome,I've heard them but never saw one before. Such a little bug with a big voice. Thanks for showing us. 
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Droopy
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Western Norway
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I like the sound when it's in the background, but I'm not too fond of it when it's overwhelming. We haven't got them here, I only get to hear them when we're on holiday much further south.
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songlim18
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I wonder if we have it in Singapore? I hear them in the parks but I could not figure out if it is the cricket or the bug you have here.
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