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FYI: My left foot is in this photo, but since this creature is so enormous, my foot doesn't even register!!!
My lawn is littered with these... you can't walk through it without hearing crunsh, crunsh, crunsh... the grass muffles the crunch ever so slightly.
Cicada time. They make a lot of racket, too.
Did you know there is a wasp called a cicada killer? They're very fearsome looking. But relatively friendly, at least for a wasp (as long as you're not a cicada).
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | August 23, 2012 at 09:07 AM
Riding my bike one day in Iowa City I could hear one of those things from blocks away.
Advance warning did not prevent my face from meeting it.
Posted by: Substance McGravitas | August 23, 2012 at 09:20 AM
thundra- ours have been making racket since early July, if not sooner. It was a little confusing as cicada noise is usually back-to-school noise.
Hmmm, don't know if I have seen that wasp. It's cool looking.
Substance- OUCH! I'm imagining that a fully hydrated cicada (unlike mine) would hurt when being pelted by it at bike speeds.
Riding in Iowa??? Were you doing RAGBRAI?
Posted by: Jennifer | August 23, 2012 at 09:40 AM
Here's a pic of one I took in July (down by the lake, of course).
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | August 23, 2012 at 09:53 AM
Wow. They are big.
Posted by: Jennifer | August 23, 2012 at 09:58 AM
saw that in a Japanese monster movie.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | August 23, 2012 at 10:15 AM
MOTHRAAAAAA!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | August 23, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Actually, I think there is more resemblance with Megalon
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | August 23, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Where's UltraMan when you really need him?
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | August 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Actually, I think there is more resemblance with Megalon
I know... I just like saying, MOTHRAAAAAAA!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | August 23, 2012 at 12:59 PM
I hope you're actually SINGING it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmoa13TG2TY
Seriously, it's like thunder and I collaborated on a film, got BG to sing, and only had 50 bucks left for special effects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkQrWWjFozk&playnext=1&list=PLBBEC8B8810099827&feature=results_video
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | August 23, 2012 at 01:10 PM
I hope you're actually SINGING it
Oh you know it! My brother and I have been singing mothra for decades.
Posted by: Jennifer | August 23, 2012 at 01:13 PM
well, you can take a break occasionally. get a drink of water or something, that must be hard.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | August 23, 2012 at 01:17 PM
I'm glad you raised this monster, Jennifer.
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | August 23, 2012 at 03:36 PM
Moar cicada.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | August 23, 2012 at 03:38 PM
"I Raised you a Monster" would be a good slogan for advertising Alraune.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | August 23, 2012 at 06:22 PM
Soon to be featured at a blog near you.
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | August 23, 2012 at 09:49 PM
It's fulla orbs, Thundra.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | August 24, 2012 at 12:01 AM
I haven't eaten one of these in years... they're kinda like a giant celery-flavored M&M- a prodgious crunchy candy shell, and a "green" tasting interior.
They make a hell of a racket when you grab them- this stops when you bite their heads off.
Posted by: Big Bad Bald Bastard | August 24, 2012 at 02:44 AM
well, you can take a break occasionally. get a drink of water or something, that must be hard.
LOL!
I love the whole left foot meme. lol
Posted by: blue girl | August 24, 2012 at 08:15 AM
I would have responded to the comments, but I was too busy singing, "MOTHRAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
Posted by: Jennifer | August 24, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Add a little honey and you have the John the Baptist buffet.
Posted by: Brando | August 24, 2012 at 11:58 PM
Did someone say "John the Baptist buffet"?
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/42/collection/NG%202193.jpg
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | August 25, 2012 at 06:25 PM
Mmmmmm...
Posted by: Jennifer | August 27, 2012 at 09:15 AM
Last week Troy had his first exposure to these lovely creatures. It really freaked him out.
Posted by: ntunes | August 27, 2012 at 04:03 PM
Cicadas freaked him out?? That's kind of funny. :)
Posted by: Jennifer | August 27, 2012 at 04:05 PM