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Post by brownrexx on Aug 17, 2022 10:40:41 GMT -5
I have been seeing cicada killers flying all around my front flower bed for the last several weeks and I have been enjoying watching them. They eat flower nectar and do not sting unless provoked. Actually the males do not even have stingers. This morning I saw dozens of piles of loose soil around holes about an inch across. As I watched Cicada Killers would enter the holes. I did some research and discovered that the females dig these holes and drag one or two cicadas into the holes to feed their developing larvae. These larvae then pupate in 2 weeks and remain in the ground until next summer. Sadly, some people are killing these beneficial insects thinking that they ar Murder Hornets or that they will sting them. Both assumptions are false, and I really enjoy having them on my property. Cicada Killer Burrow by Brownrexx, on Flickr Cicada Killer by Brownrexx, on Flickr
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Post by bestofour on Aug 20, 2022 15:41:48 GMT -5
I have them here too.
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