Comments on: Inch-Long Bug

By: WT

WT — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:34:08 +0000

A cicada stabbed me with its proboscis once. It was quite surprising.

By: b13

b13 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:20:43 +0000

I think we are due for the 17 year brood. The last time there were mounds of shells EVERYWHERE! I love the sounds they make.

By: Brian L.

Brian L. — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:54:12 +0000

it is indeed fascinatingly ugly… but a great picture nonetheless.
nice job, John.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:24:18 +0000

It’s fascinatingly ugly.

By: tceisele

tceisele — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:25:19 +0000

Ah, here we go: Australian cicadas are not toxic or anything but they are evidently more annoying than North American cicadas. I knew there would be something.

By: tceisele

tceisele — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:17:13 +0000

It’s certainly a cicada of some sort. Although, being from Australia, it’s really unlikely to be in the same genus as any of the North American species in BugGuide. It would not surprise me at all if it was some weird Australian species that spit venom, and I’d only be slightly surprised if it breathed fire (although they are probably harmless, and maybe even delicious).