Cicada Caller

[T_Dog]

This thing hit the screen door tonight and all the jinjoks went running in the other direction! Such a lovely bug, at least when they are quiet.

[jcw]

My God ! What Is It ? It is bigger than a finch.

It would have been eaten by now for sure, did they cook it?

How were the taste testing reports?

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I love bacon and assss like hers......

Edited September 1, 2012 by jcw

[TheWalkingMan]

These babies are all over Tokyo for about 6-8 weeks each summer singing their loud song from morning to afternoon and they only stop for rain or darkness. One of the little monsters hit me while I was on my bicycle last week or so. Scared the crap out of me.

As something of a rite of passage, many small kids catch them with nets and I guess keep them at home for a bit until they expire.

Oh, I found a dead one on the steps...

I could not find my tape measure so I used something many should be familiar with.

Love that jok!

[jcw]

Thanks, please confirm they are harmless ?

[ripstanley]

It may be a cicada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada

Edit T-Dog good photos again.

Edited September 1, 2012 by ripstanley

[TheWalkingMan]

Thanks, please confirm they are harmless ?

They are harmless. Just noisy as heck.

[jamescollister]

Strange that we don't get them here, never seen one or heard Cicadas, have them in OZ, but here in the Emerald Triangle not.

Have flying beetles the size of tennis balls, scorpions that take out big dogs, but no Cicadas. Jim

[T_Dog]

Noisy, harmless, but creepy looking! I still have problems handling them but my usually squeamish better half has been playing with them since she was a kid. Those feet can really hold on.