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    Forum: HomesteadingReplies: 8, Views: 147
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    dolly52
    Jacksonville, FL

    July 25, 2012 8:58 AM

    Post #9218028

    Can any one identify this bug? I live in North Florida and I've never seen anything like this in my whole life of 3 score years. Thanks!

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    porkpal
    Richmond, TX

    July 25, 2012 9:49 AM

    Post #9218098

    Looks kind of like a cicada to me.
    yardener
    Greenfield, OH (Zone 6a)

    July 25, 2012 12:15 PM

    Post #9218268

    I also vote cicada.
    podster
    Deep East Texas, TX (Zone 8a)

    July 25, 2012 7:29 PM

    Post #9218828

    It looks like a cicada when it first comes out of the ground. It will leave this shell behind and become a large winged green fly looking critter. They are harmless and buzz loudly in the heat of summer. You may find these shells attached to pots, posts, walls, etc as they climb till they can bust out of the shell.

    The first photo is two shells after the Cicadas have flown.

    The second photo is one of the Cicada.

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    gthumbus
    Gentry, AR

    August 2, 2012 4:54 PM

    Post #9227518

    yes a cicada also known "at least at my house as" cat toy :)
    CajuninKy
    Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)

    September 7, 2012 8:22 PM

    Post #9268556

    My pet possum, Pemon, loves to eat them.
    podster
    Deep East Texas, TX (Zone 8a)

    September 7, 2012 8:48 PM

    Post #9268581

    I have a pair of kitties that love to torture them. The buzzing noise is deafening.
    CajuninKy
    Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)

    September 8, 2012 7:37 AM

    Post #9268817

    We don't have a lot of them this year. Guess it's not a 7th year.
    petset77
    Fort Garland, CO (Zone 4b)

    September 16, 2012 7:33 PM

    Post #9277210

    Yes it's a cicada. Our part of southern Colorado had a bumper 'crop' of them this year.

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