except for this one:
WHAT IS IT?
you cannot really tell from these pictures, but it is about 2" long by 1" wide. with a pale and gross underbelly. our bet is a locust but we are not so certain. good thing it's on the OUTSIDE of the screen door, because i have to admit, i made a step or two backwards in my liking of bugs progress when i saw it.
3 comments:
It looks like a cicada to me, but I'm pretty new to all this, too!
Genie
The Inadvertent Gardener
I second that. It's a cicada. Noisy but harmless.
yep you're right! i looked up cicada on the web and it's an exact picture! i think my cicada was a female, as it was not noisy and had the ovipositor. i'm surprised...they have a 13 or 17 year larval lifestyle before they come out looking like this one...so i guess this was a few times in a lifetime spotting.
Post a Comment