Cicada – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

Ghost Story

While pulling some weeds in the yard, I came across this insect “ghost,” or exoskeleton as they are more commonly called, that had been shed from a cicada. When a nymph (the immature form of a cicada, not the mythical creature) reaches full size, it sheds its shell to emerge as an adult and leavesContinue reading “Ghost Story”

Let Sleeping Bugs Lie

The cicada at rest on the sidewalk recently brought back humourous memories of one a few years ago that buzzed up off the ground right into the leg of our grandson who performed an amusing dance step to escape his arthropod assailant. Lesson learned, we left this one alone. Lesson forgotten; a short time laterContinue reading “Let Sleeping Bugs Lie”

Katydid-done

Though they are actually cicadas, they are often referred to as “katydids.” Their buzzing chirp is heard from the trees throughout the summer. After years underground, they emerge for a few short weeks to date, carouse, and reproduce. Finally at the end of their life, they they fall to the ground, exhausted, to await theirContinue reading “Katydid-done”