Huge Mosquitos in Michigan, new to me
08-11-2011, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by pab58
Here ya go! Cicada killer wasps really don't bother you unless you really make them angry. They will dig burrows in soft soil such as sand then capture a cicada, carry it back to the burrow where it will take it down in the hole. The wasp will lay an egg and the cicada becomes food for the larva.
08-11-2011, 08:32 PM
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I was going to post a picture but they are really nasty looking. I know some people get really freaked out by bugs and the only picture I could find was pretty big. We had another one sneak into the house tonight and my DGS killed it. He swatted it, stepped on it and it was still moving. He kept his foot on it while I got a kleenex and he picked it up so we could inspect it closer. It has what looks like a needle for a stinger. It bit him through his Docker shorts. Nasty buggers.
08-11-2011, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by pab58
Alright Kathy!!!! You can just keep those nasty sounding critters down there in Ann Arbor!!!! I don't want them in Redford!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: On occasion we get a cicada wasp. They scare the heck out of you when you first see one! :shock: When I first saw one, I thought it might be a small hummingbird!!! Nope!! I found out it was a cicada wasp!! Should I send you one -- or two -- or three????? :D :D
08-12-2011, 12:38 AM
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This post is really interesting. Just yesterday I was taking the sheets off the line and there was this huge thing clinging to the top sheet. I ran to get my DH and I grabbed a glass jar and caught it. We both thought perhaps it was a cicada. I looked it up on the computer and sure enough it was. We were in Indiana a few years back when they were so thick: all you could hear was their loud noise from the time you went outside until nightfall. Hope they don't get that thick here. Never heard of a cicada wasp. Thanks so much for this info.
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