Do not even talk to me before I've had my coffee.

#MondaysAmIRite
#MondayMolting
#Cicadas

those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain...
#bladerunner #roybatty #TimeToDie #meme #Cicadas

A haiku and reflection on a new to me event; a cicada killer earning its namesake.

Entwined embrace both /
Fell a-chattering killer /
confessing a crime

https://takeonrules.com/2023/08/04/embrace/

#haiku #poetry #cicadas

A Black and Golden Cicada (Huechys fusca) spotted at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, Singapore, on 16 April 2023. Always nice to see this uncommon and colourful cicada, which likes to appear in a particular location in the park.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155115559 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #Cicadas #Cicadidae

Well you don't see this every day. A cicada in mid molt. #insects #Cicadas

@mcc maybe it's not the raccoons, and the trees are screaming.

#cicadas

Every 17 Years, #Cicadas 'Birth' as One. Scientists Still Don't Know How.

https://www.sciencealert.com/every-17-years-cicadas-birth-as-one-scientists-still-dont-know-how

It's the best time of the year, right now, for central #Arkansas. It's warm enough for #dragonflies, but not warm enough for #Cicadas.

Dragonflies at my house love to play King of the Stick, where they compete to land on the highest stick in the yard. Usually that's my #cucumber trellis, but right now it's a temporary post, set up for deer netting around my #okra.

#nature #insect #wildlife

#Radioactive #Cicadas Found In #Tokyo

March 3, 2023, Editor, SimplyInfo

"No, this isn’t the latest movie from Toho. 11 years after the meltdowns at #FukushimaDaiichi, radioactive cicadas were found in Tokyo. Mothers’ Radiation Lab in Iwaki discovered them as part of their ongoing radiation testing work."

#NoDumping #WaterIsLife #Fukushima #NoNukes #Nucleare #ClimateCrisis #SaveThePlanet

Read more:
https://simplyinfo.org/2023/03/radioactive-cicadas-found-in-tokyo/

Bullet with butterfly wings

#cicada #cicadas #insects #bugs #bugstodon #closeup #Nature #photography #SmashingPumpkins

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The rather unfortunately named Bladder Cicada, Cystosoma saundersii, much more beautiful than its name…
Like most of its kin, however, absolutely deafening when they party.
I found this one on the deck railing, which was lucky, since they’re extremely well camouflaged.

#photography #macro #insects #cicadas #nature #wildlife #patterns #camouflage #art #ArtMatters #AYearForArt

Getting a bit of a invertebrate mental health bump by looking at photos from summer 2022. I mean, look at this guy's face :blobaww: and yes, I'm referring to him as a male because I heard his song. But I could always be wrong.

In Nevada, our cicadas are occasional (they emerge ~2 to 5 years) vs periodical, i.e.: 7, 13, 17 year cicadas. But to me, it's wild that their larval form lives ~8'/2.5 m underground for all those years. It's just fantastic!

#Biodiversity #Entomology #Cicadas

@Kairakau Excellent! I've just seen house sparrows get cicadas in our garden so far this year.
I've not tried eating cicadas myself, yet, but they're supposed to be quite edible if cooked right.
Here's a cicada cookbook filled with recipes from the University of Maryland. I'm not sure if anyone in NZ has tried these with our cicadas. https://cicadacrewumd.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/2/5/112598151/cicada-licious_cookbook_cover_jennajandin_umdentm_2004.pdf
#cicadas #insects #recipes

The sounds of summer in Aotearoa-NZ are LOUD!
We went for a short walk through West Coast bush and there were so many Amphipsalta cicadas calling that my Apple Watch was concerned for my hearing. The calls got up to 91 decibels.
Cicadas must have more robust ears. Or not?
"Since the animals generate high-intensity sound patterns in the vicinity of their hearing organs...the auditory organ is prone to overloading by self-generated sound." (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/cicada)
#cicadas #insects #AotearoaNZ

The things you learn while hanging out the washing.

Cicadas get louder when the sun goes behind the clouds.
Cicadas go quieter when the sun comes out.

#Cicadas #wildlife

Memories of hot summers with #cicadas buzz so loud you can’t hear yourself think.

While staying in Sydney's Hawkesbury region, I went for a NYE ride to the Colo River. An early start on a humid day, I was entranced by the cicada noise and stopped to listen properly.

They 'pulsed' through the bush in waves of thousands. My short video tries to capture it.

The ride itself was a relatively simple descent but a 30 min sweaty slog back out!

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#cycling #gravelrider #gravelbike #sydney #Hawkesbury #AustralianBush #Cicadas #SpecializedRoubaix #SpecializedBikes

While staying in Sydney's Hawkesbury region, I went for a NYE ride to the Colo River. An early start on a humid day, I was entranced by the cicada noise and stopped to listen properly.

They 'pulsed' through the bush in waves of thousands. My short video tries to capture it.

The ride itself was a relatively simple descent but a 30 min sweaty slog back out!
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#cycling #gravelrider #gravelbike #sydney #Hawkesbury #AustralianBush #Cicadas

Summer* project amongst the #cicadas and #tūī kicking off… #guitar #AmateurLuthier (be prepared for updates lasting well into September 🙄).

Garden horrors. Spider caught a cicada for her breakfast.

#spider #Cicadas #insectsofmastodon #sydney