poor guy indeed! some cicada species spend up to 17 years as grubs (please correct me if i'm wrong). though most species i think is only a few years. imagine spending so long as a grub, and then finally emerging wild and free!... only to be thrown straight into the arms of a mantis
i would be pretty gutted (no pun intended).
That is correct :mellow:
Actually it is true but not of all species. Periodical cicadas spend that long in the ground before emerging all at once. The other kinds come out every year and are known as annual cicadas. I used to be fascinated by cicadas when I was a kid. I could find them in the ground right before they emerge due to the small hole they make in the ground. Love watching them molt too. I grew up in the midwest and there were plenty to find.
Now that u mention it, I had the same horror story, I remember when my boys were young, I would find them on my hanging clothes, I used to take them in the house after putting in clothes basket and screaming :lol: like a wild woman when they popped out at me! If they don't last long I hope I find some more, but must go put on my motorcycle helmet before I try to catch them, or maybe I will just hang up some clothes :lol: . This one was on the eve of the house by my hummingbird feeder, at first I thought it was a hummingbird, their about the same size!
no way!You do have a species(Cicadetta montana).
:lol: i had no idea. i should look it up. though i live in london so any endangered species probably won't be found here <_< 
Lol I did get knocked down by one of these when I was about 11. I was running through tall cattails and one swooped down and hit me smack in the middle of the forehead! I saw it at the last second and tried to stop but all that did was put me off balance and WHAM! Flat on my back. :lol:
