Another tidbit while I try to get back in the swing of writing actual posts: for those who will be missing the cicada swarms this month, a little time lapse video of a molting cicada at the Baltimore Sun. Neat. Actually, I just found a discarded case on our kitchen screen here in Austin, but then it seems like there are always a few (maybe it was a locust) around here in the summer.
>>Oops: on closer inspection, that "case" just moved and is, in fact, a so-called wood roach (or tree roach, or water bug, or Ick!), the gigundo cockroaches common to this area. Oh well.
>>>Nyeeaaah. I went around and looked at him from the front, finally, having forgotten about him for a while, and it's not a roach, but an Eyed Click Beetle. What a freaky lil dude. Haven't ever seen one of these, but luckily the fabulous index of Texas insects at A&M is here to help identify such critters.
Posted by Heather at May 18, 2004 06:43 PM
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