They live along the coast from Cape town to Namibia I believe.So that’s where they live.....
Pretty cool. Have yet to see a Cicada in real lifeI hope it’s cool if I post this, I saw this last night.
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They live along the coast from Cape town to Namibia I believe.So that’s where they live.....
Pretty cool. Have yet to see a Cicada in real lifeI hope it’s cool if I post this, I saw this last night.
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Nice pictures! That locustSome other stuff:
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A legless skink
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A young tortoise
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Camponotus fulvipilosus queen, first we have ever found. One of the largest ants in SA and INCREDIBLY aggressive for a queen, we let her back to her giant colony. My brother stuck his hand in there to snatch her, mad man.
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Small fat tailed gecko
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Scary hairy caterpillar
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Lastly, a giant locust
I just found this one while going out to feed my chickens.A few years ago I would actively look for the discarded shells shed by the cicadas and I would find them all the time. Now I rarely see them but I chalk it up to me not actively looking for them, I have seen a few cicadas though, one even flew into my hair once.
Now that I think about it I’ve never seen a live cicada before it shed its shell, I’ve only seen the shells and the winged cicada that comes after the shedding.
Alive. I put him on a power pole hoping to see him shed his skin later, but I think a bird got himAlive or a shell?
Cicadas can be hard to find in certain areas as they often lay dormant for years at a time before coming out to molt, breed and die. Lol what a way to live tho. Ya live as a child for anywhere between 5-20 years straight and become an adult for only 1-3 months just to breed and then die shortly after.A few years ago I would actively look for the discarded shells shed by the cicadas and I would find them all the time. Now I rarely see them but I chalk it up to me not actively looking for them, I have seen a few cicadas though, one even flew into my hair once.
Now that I think about it I’ve never seen a live cicada before it shed its shell, I’ve only seen the shells and the winged cicada that comes after the shedding.
Kind of neat how closely your ants look to the cow ants from here. Cow ants here technically aren't ants but are actually a specie of wingless wasp. The only reason they got the nickname cow ants was due to them accidently killing cattle whenever they stung them. They have a potent neurotoxin that causes extreme pain and can cause cardiac arrest if someone panics over it, normally not deadly to humans unless allergic but can kill due to panic. The only reason panic plays a major role in it's lethality is that the neurotoxin can affect the heart allot faster and that the toxin causes muscles to lock up in pain including the heart muscles. Btw here's a pic of a cow ant, a.k.a red velvet ant, from South Dakota to show some of the similarities.Some other stuff:
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A legless skink
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A young tortoise
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Camponotus fulvipilosus queen, first we have ever found. One of the largest ants in SA and INCREDIBLY aggressive for a queen, we let her back to her giant colony. My brother stuck his hand in there to snatch her, mad man.
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Small fat tailed gecko
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Scary hairy caterpillar
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Lastly, a giant locust