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Noisy Insects

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:02pm
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John56

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In case you are wondering what the very noisy insects are and what they look like check out my photo, they are Cicada´s and it is not a hoard of them making the noise, even one is extremely loud.

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:40pm

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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:40pm

Rather like the sound of these little critters,as I did when visiting my family in Australia.

Wondered what they looked like.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:40am

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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:40am

John56 wrote on Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:02pm:

In case you are wondering what the very noisy insects are and what they look like check out my photo, they are Cicada´s and it is not a hoard of them making the noise, even one is extremely loud.

Hi,  does anyone know if these creatures are harmful and do they sting?

Thank you in advance.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:08pm

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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:08pm

They're not in any way harmful - in fact you're lucky if you get close enough to one to see it. All they're doing with the noise they produce is trying to entice a female to come along and produce the next generation.

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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:17pm

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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:17pm

Thank you that’s great to know and a relief, they are certainly noisy neighbours to have 😂 they never stop calling, but it’s only light music to our ears! Yes this one didn’t move was on the top of our umbrella ☂ 

Thank you for your reply! 

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:49am

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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:49am

John56 wrote on Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:02pm:

In case you are wondering what the very noisy insects are and what they look like check out my photo, they are Cicada´s and it is not a hoard of them making the noise, even one is extremely loud.

Great picture thanks.

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:08pm

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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:08pm

Believe me, there is only one!  Just go outside and wave a fly swot around and it will soon clear off....

Richard

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