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green and purple/black (Annual Cicada)

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Bug...
by: Sherrie

I just saw one too was looking to see what it is and found your post.. I'm in Virginia Beach....
catydid (probably another name for cicada)
by: Anonymous

they aren't dangerous . I was letting one crawl around on my hand a few nights ago. Just dont let them sit still on bare skin for to long or it's legs will dig in.
Cicada
by: Anonymous

I remember the Cicadas but I didin`t know their names in english was cicadas cause my parents used to call them chicharras ,they make a real loud sound and only come out around summer but you don`t see them anymore around the area of San Antonio Tx like we used to when we were little I am 50 yrs old so I guess they`re dissapearing from the face of the earth but we used to tie a string to the body and just let them fly once on a while and we used to keep them in a shoebox with little grass and twigs to let them change their shell they`re safe ,they don`t bite
Green and purple/black(annual cicada
by: Melinda Winn

In West VIrginia it is called by many a jar fly or a locus
cicada
by: Anonymous

this is an insect that live under ground for 17yrs, then emerges, finds a limb, or tree, then emerges out of its encased shell
Annual Cicada
by: Moni

Mike
Your critter is a cicada and it will not sting or bite your children. Many kids like to hold them, especially fun when the insect shakes its wings.
The female cicada lays eggs along twigs of trees. Therefore it can be a pest as the slits made for laying the eggs damage and destroy young trees.
Once the nymphs have emerged from eggs, they drop to the ground and burrow into the soil near the trees. The nymphs feed on root juice, using their strong front legs for digging.
When the nymphs are ready to emerge into adults they crawl up the tree, split the shell, and emerge as adults....like the one you saw.
Cicadas are the insects that sing a loud song in late summer which gives them another common name 'dog day cicada'.
Wikipedia website has a video of a nymph emerging into an adult that your kids might enjoy seeing. There are probably more videos on the internet also. Here is the Wikipedia site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
Cicada
by: Anonymous

it is a cicada

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