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eeeewwwwwwwwww…

When I was wishing for some help in the garden yesterday, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind!  

Isn’t he creepy looking?  
He’s a Cicada, an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha and in the superfamily Cicadoidea.  Wow.  That’s a mouthful for such a little guy.
There are about 2,500 species of Cicadas around the world and they like more tropical climates.  Like Texas!
They are the biggest noisemakers — and they sure get the most bang for their little body buck.  Who knew something so small could be so loud and annoying?
And worst of all, after I took his picture to make him famous, he didn’t even reciprocate by pulling weeds or pruning or sweeping up anything.  Some bugs!
By |2016-04-14T02:45:08-05:00September 25th, 2008|Blog, cicada, insect, Sharing Nature's Garden|5 Comments

wow…

I saw this little fella out front last week and from further afar, he looked just like a baby hummingbird. But my dad told me about a hummingbird moth he’d seen years ago and suspected from my description that was what I had seen. And lo, and behold, the very next night, I was surfing on gardening blogs and I saw a beautiful picture of a hummingbird moth, and realized it was EXACTLY what I had seen. And amazing.

So, tonight when I was walking around surveying my little garden kingdom as I like to do, there were 2 of them out front. I raced inside, got my husband’s camera and captured these shots. And, truly, aside from telling you my little story, all I really have to say, is: wow.

By |2017-11-29T23:28:02-06:00August 12th, 2007|Blog, insect, Sharing Nature's Garden|0 Comments
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