What is it?

Cacti_Ken · Post by **Cacti_Ken** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:41 pm

Who would know the correct name for this Bug? Around here we call them Locust.

BEAR · Post by **BEAR** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:41 am

G'day Ken, I dont know, but the one on the top right looks like some sort of what we here in west aus call a cicada or a cricket, (a bit different spieces than we get here though)

The one on the top right looks like an ant lion. I'm probably completly wrong but thats what they look like to me.

Cheers Ray (BEAR)

Post by **Ryan_Miller** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:23 am

Ken,

Here is a little info I dug up for you.

Entymology has always been an interest of mine.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha

Infraorder: Cicadomorpha

Superfamily: Cicadoidea

Family: Cicadidae

A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are approximately 2,500 species of cicada around the globe, and many remain unclassified. Cicadas live in temperate to tropical climates where they are one of the most widely recognized of all insects, mainly due to their large size and remarkable (and often inescapable) acoustic talents. Cicadas are sometimes incorrectly called "locusts"[1], although they are unrelated to true locusts, which are a kind of grasshopper. Cicadas are related to leafhoppers and spittlebugs. In parts of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States they are known as "dry flies" because of the dry shell they leave behind.

Cicadas do not bite or sting, are benign to humans, and are not considered a pest. Many people around the world regularly complement their standard diet with cicadas: the female is prized for eating as it is meatier. Cicadas have been eaten (or are still eaten) in Ancient Greece, China, Malaysia, Burma, Australia, Latin America and the Congo. Cicadas are employed in the traditional medicines of China and Japan for hearing-related matters.[citation needed]

The word cicada is a direct derivation of the Latin cicada, meaning "tree cricket"; in Greek they are referred to as tzitzikia or tettix.

Cacti_Ken · Post by **Cacti_Ken** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:41 am

Hello Ryan, great explanation.
The other three are dry shells. They must have come out of the ground, then the cicada sheds it's shell. And starts the cylcle over again and lays more eggs.

OKCM38CDN · Post by **OKCM38CDN** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:12 pm

The empty shells look like what I have always been lead to believe as June Bugs...