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Jun 25, 2010 10:26 AM CST
Name: Lee
Latexo, Texas (Zone 8a)
We've seen more green Katydids this year....more than usual.....fewer Cicada killers...the last few years. I've always been fascinated with the CK....the way they hunt....searching the limbs of trees for their prey. Did you know how the CK gets the cicada to it's burrow? When they capture and paralyze one (with a sting)....they climb up the nearest tree (if not already in one) ...carrying/straddling the cicada to a high point...and launching themselves toward the burrow.....the path being like a hypotenuse of a triangle. Just a tidbit about them
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