Had a visitor in the garage last night.. anyone identify it?

[Snake2715]

So working in the gargae last night, this thing popped in the garage with me.

Is it a big ole horsefly or what? I threw a socket wrench next to it for size comparison...




He hung out for a bit and then flew off. Would make a nice meal for a bird.. or maybe a bird would make a nice meal for it!

Anyone know what it is?

[dam]

Cicada

[BockinBboy]

You know that annoying summertime sound of the country bugs... cicadas are major contributors in most of the Midwest...

- Bboy

[Snake2715]

duh ok.

So they normally this giant?

Looks like I need to go back to maybe 7th grade if I didn't know what that was.

[cbrfxr67]

one of my favorite buggers,....working in the garage and they are up in the trees bzzzzzzzzzzzzzing away,...or however you spell that sound.

like that ratchet.  i like the flat handle compared to the typical round handle alot of manufacturers have.

[Gorilla]

they are a unique bug because they only come out every 17years.

[Kijona]

They are also completely harmless. They can't bite or sting you or do anything to you. They aren't poisonous (many people eat them) either.

[yamahonkawazuki]

They are also completely harmless. They can't bite or sting you or do anything to you. They aren't poisonous (many people eat them) either.

yummy fried. weve got em here too. had one on porch last evening

[adidasguy]

Shoot it!

It's Coming Right For Us! Uncle jimbo explains how to get around hunting laws. They pretend every animal is an imminent threat.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/149674/its-coming-right-for-us

[yamahonkawazuki]

Shoot it!

It's Coming Right For Us! Uncle jimbo explains how to get around hunting laws. They pretend every animal is an imminent threat.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/149674/its-coming-right-for-us

I tried this using the castle doctrine slightly lol. Mr Higgins can be disassembled to the point it looks like it never been touched in less than a minute. I enjoy shooting. I HAVE used 22 shotshells on them b4. bug xplosions are interesting lol

[jdoorn14]

Shoot it!

It's Coming Right For Us! Uncle jimbo explains how to get around hunting laws. They pretend every animal is an imminent threat.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/149674/its-coming-right-for-us

Hahaha. XD

[RossLH]

they are a unique bug because they only come out every 17years.

Well....there are several 17-year strains. The big strain is due to hit again in 2021. I was in high school when it hit in 2004, and it was just wild. It was legitimately loud outside all day during the summer, then when the sun went down it would gradually become silent. Couldn't take a step on the sidewalk without crushing a cicada or two.

[pliskin]

There is a strain called Brood X that is supposed to hit the Baltimore/DC area this year. There was talk in the news about it this spring. Was/is supposed to be a big one numbering in the hundreds of BILLIONS. Some areas could have very high concentrations where the noise could drown our everything around you and swarm like clouds in the sky. Larva come only come out of ground that has been undisturbed for 17 years. They come out when the ground temp reaches at least 64f or better. So far we have a few but nothing like they have been talking about. Could be due to all the rain we've had during the emerging time. Should be the black ones with red eyes.

[RossLH]

This year will be nothing like the 2004/2021 strain. There will be some cicadas, likely soon with this warm weather we've been getting, but not nearly what the news has exaggerated.

[john]

Cicadas are cool bugs that are very prehistoric.  The first cicada ancestors that looked like cicadas appeared in the mid triassic (230ish million years ago). 

Not a big change from way back -->

[Janx101]

Plisky .. thats a Black Prince ! .... theres also Green Grocers, Chocolate soldiers, Yellow Mondays, Camo Tigers, double drummers , floury bakers and depending on where someone lives in Aussie a whole heap of other names...

as a teenager i saw once... and only once .. a blue cicada ... or nearly all blue ... from head to about half wing length .. then it faded to green again...

people every once in a while now find full blue ones....

they may be considered a pest over there... but far as i am aware most aussies like cicada noise ... lets us know its nearly Xmas!! 

one of my favorite buggers,....working in the garage and they are up in the trees bzzzzzzzzzzzzzing away,...or however you spell that sound.

i think its  "SKREEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEERRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEERRREEEEEEEEEEE" .. yeah?

[RossLH]

i think its  "SKREEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEERRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEERRREEEEEEEEEEE" .. yeah?

That is....oddly accurate.

[BockinBboy]

i think its  "SKREEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEERRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEERRREEEEEEEEEEE" .. yeah?

That is....oddly accurate.

LOL, I know, right?!

I was looking at the screen, and saying it out loud... thought a cicada was on my keyboard!

- Bboy

[Janx101]

What I reckon is really cool .... Is until this thread and another mention recently (last month?) ... I thought cicadas were a Aussie thing only?! ... Not being dumb or smart ass about it but just had never seen any mention of them in news, movies, tv shows, talking to people from overseas etc ...

Keep forgetting to look the critters up more and check if they actually worldwide distribution or what ..

And while they have many different 'local names' for various colours etc ... The little buggers all make the same noise pretty much .... Even the bladder type ones with the freaky air bag ass section ... Bet they all make their slightly different version of the noise same also ... 

It's one of those "well I'll be damned!", I never realised!!" things ...

We used to collect them as kids  ... Bit like silk worms .... put them in a box and some small branch tips and leaves from a tree so "they had something to eat" lol ..... Plus different colours were worth different values! ... IIRC ...down in my neck of the woods .. A black prince would only be traded for a combo of at least 2 perfect greens, a tiger pattern and a yellow Monday .... There usually not a huge amount of black ones near me .... But up north coast of nsw on school holidays they were everywhere! ... At about 8 years old ... 'Those kids were RICH!!!!!' Bahahhahaha ... Now if you had a good Chocolate Soldier ... Man! .. You were some kind of royalty!! 

Mental Blast from the Past!! ... Thanks guys! 

[weedahoe]

My Weimeraner likes to catch and eat them.....seriously.