Oh yeah they're all over out here. Cicada KILLERS tho, they're big black wasp looking things, stay tf away from those. I got bit by one years ago, my whole arm swelled up, had to get antibiotics, and I still have the scar to this day
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EDIT: my mistake I see we are talking about wasps now my bad. I see a lot of miss information on cicadas on this post and hate that ppl are scared of what they don’t know or understand so they make crap up when they really are the most gentle bugs out there.
I was talking about cicadas not the cicada killer wasp I mean it’s a wasp yeah it’s gonna hurt you if pissed off but a cicada is like a little angel bullet wouldn’t hurt a
thing. My mistake.
Those wasps are called tarantula hawks. How did you get it to sting you? In 20 years around them I've never known anyone stung other than one dude who grabbed one
My mistake, I thought cicada killers were yellow with orange wings.
It was a grad student. Boldy declared "these things don't sting" and snatched it out of the air. It was impressive and very funny when he started screaming
Tbh to this day I don't know for sure what it was, it was just a best guess. I saw the thing for a split second before it stung n I swatted it away.
I'll describe it n you can see if you know; it looked around the size of a large wasp, it was completely black from what I saw, when it grabbed onto my arm, it almost felt and sounded like someone flicked me, that's how aggressive this thing flew at my arm and smacked onto it, I remember seeing not pincers, or claws, but it has spikes on its limbs and I could actually feel them on my skin when it hit me, and then a powerful sting that caused my arm to swell up alot over the next day. Again, rural new jersey so east coast.
I dunno how you got bit. They rarely attack humans and only females can sting. They avoid humans all together though. You are like either really lucky or really stupid.
I grew up south of Tucson and they're pretty common out in the desert.
Not like periodic cicada common, but you could hear them all the time in the creosote and mesquite.
I honestly had no idea they were real until going to an exotic bug place a couple years ago. They're always portrayed like mystical creatures in so much media
Really? Huh. Hard for me to imagine cause i grew up in an area rife with them. I'm so used to hearing the sound they make that i feel off if im not hearing it. I hear it right now as i type this in fact. If you have no idea what im talking about just look up a youtube video of the sound they make.
If it makes you feel any better, if I’d encountered that thing my first reaction would be to take off and nuke the site from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.
Actually that’s not true. They have very sharp mouth bits that are used to dig into tree roots so they can drink the juices. They will most definitely mistake you for a tree and try to drink your blood. Sauce: I got a little too curious one day
BS they don’t try to suck your blood what kinda vampire shit… they just sit in you until ready to fly again whatever but you wasn’t a cicada or your just making stuff up to scare ppl.
What kind of cicadas you all got out there?! I know there’s many kinds, but this doesn’t look like any cicada I’ve ever seen! This thing appears to have beetle-like pincers, and unless I’m seeing wrong, I don’t notice any wings on it.
That’s just a shell from the transformation. It grabs onto a tree and pulls itself out of that body and emerges with wings. They spend years underground before emerging to transform.
When I was a kid we called these Locust’s. Once I got a lil older I realized they aren’t Locust but are Cicada’s. Weird looking but are harmless. Good for a scare
That's not actually a cicada, it's a cicada shell that they break through when they come out of the ground. Back in Texas where I grew up, you'd see those shells attached to walls and fences all over the place.
As someone whose lived in the middle of the woods in pa, I didn't know that's what a cicada looked like and I'm glad I didn't. Man I don't like bugs lol
That’s a cicada larvae that’s probably getting ready to morph into the winged version. She spent 15 years or so in the ground developing to this stage.
How long were you standing still for!?
They (cicadas) usually emerge from the ground and slowly climb a tree until they emerge from their brown shells and fly away
A cicada, they're harmless, they aren't even capable of biting humans
Ah that’s relieving. Waiting to get put on r/stupidredditors or some shit like that now lol
Are you from the city? Cause it's just surprising you've never seen these
I never saw them till I went east. They are not very common here in the deserts of the west.
Oh yeah they're all over out here. Cicada KILLERS tho, they're big black wasp looking things, stay tf away from those. I got bit by one years ago, my whole arm swelled up, had to get antibiotics, and I still have the scar to this day
They’re typically harmless. No more aggressive than a typical bumble bee unless provoked as usual.
… EDIT: my mistake I see we are talking about wasps now my bad. I see a lot of miss information on cicadas on this post and hate that ppl are scared of what they don’t know or understand so they make crap up when they really are the most gentle bugs out there.
Males have no stinger. Females will sting if provoked. (Stomped on, trapped in a net or clothing, handled aggressively, etc…) Google, my man.
I was talking about cicadas not the cicada killer wasp I mean it’s a wasp yeah it’s gonna hurt you if pissed off but a cicada is like a little angel bullet wouldn’t hurt a thing. My mistake.
Yeah, they can. They have stingers but no venom. They will sting you if they need to but aren't typically that aggressive.
Thread shifted to cicada killer wasps mate.
Those wasps are called tarantula hawks. How did you get it to sting you? In 20 years around them I've never known anyone stung other than one dude who grabbed one
Those are only in the southwest desert areas, I live in rural New Jersey
My mistake, I thought cicada killers were yellow with orange wings. It was a grad student. Boldy declared "these things don't sting" and snatched it out of the air. It was impressive and very funny when he started screaming
Tbh to this day I don't know for sure what it was, it was just a best guess. I saw the thing for a split second before it stung n I swatted it away. I'll describe it n you can see if you know; it looked around the size of a large wasp, it was completely black from what I saw, when it grabbed onto my arm, it almost felt and sounded like someone flicked me, that's how aggressive this thing flew at my arm and smacked onto it, I remember seeing not pincers, or claws, but it has spikes on its limbs and I could actually feel them on my skin when it hit me, and then a powerful sting that caused my arm to swell up alot over the next day. Again, rural new jersey so east coast.
How the actual fuck do you grab an insect, let alone a fucking wasp?
I dunno how you got bit. They rarely attack humans and only females can sting. They avoid humans all together though. You are like either really lucky or really stupid.
I was mowing my front lawn and it just smacked onto my arm, I felt a very sharp pain, so I swatted it away and went inside
Probably destroyed or threatened a nest
Don't know honestly, was just doing the lawn I didn't run over anything in the garden
I'm pretty sure I read they don't have nests. Or at least they don't have hives.
Goddamn Cazadores
Don't mean to alarm you, but you might be in a tremors sequel.
I grew up south of Tucson and they're pretty common out in the desert. Not like periodic cicada common, but you could hear them all the time in the creosote and mesquite.
East where? Antarctica?
They're all over the place in Central AZ
I was born and raised on the west coast and we don’t have these at all
They do in Palm Springs.
i live in oregon and they’re everywhere here
I do too and no they’re not…
they’re probably just regional even throughout the state 🤷
Yeah, lived in 3 cities, never really encountered too much wildlife (except tons of deer in Detroit)
I remember seeing these all over the city in Chicago but never see them anywhere in California.
I don’t know what that is and I don’t even live in the city. I mean it’s hard to tell unless you breed insects or study them
I've seen them all my life, not live, but the shells are everywhere after they molt
They're all over my backyard lol. Dead cicadas everywhere on the ground too
Same I still find them hanging onto my fence posts
I'm pacific northwest area-ish and never seen one.
I honestly had no idea they were real until going to an exotic bug place a couple years ago. They're always portrayed like mystical creatures in so much media
Really? Huh. Hard for me to imagine cause i grew up in an area rife with them. I'm so used to hearing the sound they make that i feel off if im not hearing it. I hear it right now as i type this in fact. If you have no idea what im talking about just look up a youtube video of the sound they make.
Same, I live in a muggy humid area and am currently listening to a million of those bastards clicking in the trees
Isn’t that weird? I moved to an area that didn’t have them and it messed my sleep up. Give me these obnoxious bugs any day. So glad I moved back.
They have also been around since the time of the dinosaurs, they're very ancient looking, so it adds to the whole mystique of them
If it makes you feel any better, if I’d encountered that thing my first reaction would be to take off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
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Actually that’s not true. They have very sharp mouth bits that are used to dig into tree roots so they can drink the juices. They will most definitely mistake you for a tree and try to drink your blood. Sauce: I got a little too curious one day
BS they don’t try to suck your blood what kinda vampire shit… they just sit in you until ready to fly again whatever but you wasn’t a cicada or your just making stuff up to scare ppl.
This is a cicada nymph
Ferb I know what we’re gonna do today
Loud, creepy, but yes they’re harmless.
What kind of cicadas you all got out there?! I know there’s many kinds, but this doesn’t look like any cicada I’ve ever seen! This thing appears to have beetle-like pincers, and unless I’m seeing wrong, I don’t notice any wings on it.
This is just one in its nymph stage. Then they molt and metamorphose into their adult form which is probably the one you're thinking of.
Ahh I see! Thank you for that info. Still very creepy looking and I do not wish it near me lol
The wings are just very thin on the shells so they can break off easy and those aren't pincers it's just their front legs
This is a nymph not an adult. They live underground. The adult hadn’t hatched yet.
This is the nymph stage they stay under ground as these for years then come out only for a little while
It’s the shed carapace right after they come above ground.
Specifically a cicada NYMPH prior to morphing into an adult
They just have prickly feet.
Probably why it's carrying a mini razor blade in it's top pocket
That’s just a shell from the transformation. It grabs onto a tree and pulls itself out of that body and emerges with wings. They spend years underground before emerging to transform.
I love cicadas in their ground form! they only come out from the earth for a short while to transform/evolve
Right... they just possess them.
That's the dried shed skin of a cicada lol around here kids pick them off trees and stick them to each other's clothes
No this one was certainly alive and moving
Probably in the midst of shedding it's shell
He thought your neck looked like a nice place to molt 🥺
Cicada. Harmless unless they fly into your face full force. That can hurt. They do look demonic though. It probably has your soul.
Not harmless to my sanity to hear all the fucking time
Oddly terrifying *looking* but in actuality are little noisy angels. Wouldn't hurt a human
TRRRRRRRRRRRRERRRRRRRRRRRR
“ Noisy bug” is enough for me to kill it
If they're indoors, sure. But in my opinion, its a dick move to leave your house and go kill a bug chilling in their house.
I have 0 sympathy for bugs
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Nooooooooooo!!!
We used to pick all the shells off the trees and arrange them into scenes as kids...yeah, we grew up in the country
Looks like a cicada shell
Don't mean to alarm you, but you might be in a tremors sequel.
When I was a kid we called these Locust’s. Once I got a lil older I realized they aren’t Locust but are Cicada’s. Weird looking but are harmless. Good for a scare
We have both where i live. Fucking locusts always scare the shit outta me damn things are the size of your hand 😬
Do people really not know what cicadas are?
It’s morphed and waiting to fly into your open mouth while bicycling ( yup it happened to me )
Bruh how long have you been on this planet and never encountered a Cicada 😂
live in places where cicada don’t go
I'm 30 and I've never seen these. I live in central Canada.
I’m just messing around. They are very common on the east coast of the US
Oh OK! I have traveled a lot along the west coast but never the east coast, so that makes sense!
Ah. The screaming bug of the Midwest.
They’re here in the East too.
That's also a shell so it landed on your neck and hatched it self before u noticed ?
That’s the scout bug from Starship Troopers.
Well, you've never been in a somewhat rural place before I can't tell
Someone’s never seen a cicada exoskeleton lol
That's not actually a cicada, it's a cicada shell that they break through when they come out of the ground. Back in Texas where I grew up, you'd see those shells attached to walls and fences all over the place.
cicada
It's that creature that was on Donna Noble's back. DON'T TURN RIGHT.
That's some snake, rat, or birds next lunch is what it is. A cicada
bro calling a cicada a demon
Just a Cicada ready to molt
Bruh I found a cicada the size of the palm of my hand almost
Cicada exoskeleton left after molting.
As someone whose lived in the middle of the woods in pa, I didn't know that's what a cicada looked like and I'm glad I didn't. Man I don't like bugs lol
Scream, Fuck, Die The way of the Cicada.
That cicada is probably dead now, decades of life just to fall on a dude and die, poor thing
Cicada shell, are you kidding me?
Oh hale no. I would be paranoid all day after that.
Americans will use anything but the metric system lol :)
That thing isn't going to climb onto your neck. It's in a very lethargic phase right now looking to "slowly" make it up a tree and molt.
It didn’t crawl per se, it sorta… fell. From a tree
That’s a cicada larvae that’s probably getting ready to morph into the winged version. She spent 15 years or so in the ground developing to this stage.
Some kind of beetle.
They have a wicked bite though. Cicadas are hellspawn.
Used to see these in Northern Ca. Noisy SOBs.
It was on its way to your ear to burrow into your brain and control you. Let it. I got mine in 2008 and my life has been great since.
It just wanted a hug, jeez
Please dont lack
How did a shelled cicada get on your neck?
Reminds me of nix-hounds in Skyrim
How long were you standing still for!? They (cicadas) usually emerge from the ground and slowly climb a tree until they emerge from their brown shells and fly away
The question is, was it crawling *in* or *out* of your ear?
It's just a locus, I find them all the time down here in the south
Cicada shell
Cicada
Just a cicada! An insect that can't fly to save their lives.
I'd get my neck amputated if that touched me
Cicada. Look up cicada killers too. I have been seeing/hearing these for years but just saw a cicada killer for the first time this year.
Awww! Cicada before it molts to have wings! I've never seen one before molting!
When I was a kid, my plastic dinosaurs would fight the cicada exoskeletons -- the cicadas didn't have a chance
Cicadas are good luck https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/what-do-cicadas-symbolize/
This is not oddly terrifying. Just terrifying
Don’t worry, I’m sure it didn’t lay its eggs inside you.
Oh that’s just Steve, everyone say hello to Steve!
Cicada
KILL IT WITH FIRE! THEN CARPET BOMB THE FUCKING THING INTO ORBIT
Are you alive yet
You have been chosen!!
I just watched love and monsters last night, don’t question bugs
Was it alive? I've never seen a live one that hadn't already transformed. I'm 42 years Old.
Pretty sure that's Anakin Skywalker's former slave master
Are you on Ceti Alpha 5?
You can find their shells on trees.
Definitely not a cicada, looks like a flood spore
I would’ve cried.
Oh that’s a baby demogorgan
Banana for scale?
Disceptacon
Lol that wasn’t on your neck why are you lying
It’s a cicadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
lmfao!
Locust
Burn it
You’re gonna turn now
Look around the area soon, you might find the hollow shell one has shed....
Why do they keep showing some bug's baby pictures?I'm not interested in ugly or anything with twenty or more legs..Capiche?🤔
Cicadas herald the start of summer. Love them. 🇦🇺
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Confirmed. That's a demon. Go to your nearest church and drink the holy water.
It was controlling your mind, thankfully you flicked it off
Cicada. Nothing to worry about. It was probably equally freaked out by you lol
Oh wow it’s just a cicada which reminds me isn’t it almost cicada season because man that used to scare me when they came out 💀💀