Cicada Mania: Cicada Killer Wasp

March 7, 2010

10 new Tibicen photos from Elias Bonaros

Filed under: Cicada Killer Wasps,Elias Bonaros,Tibicen — Tags: Cicada Killer Wasp, Tibicen canicularis, Tibicen linnei, Tibicen lyricen, Tibicen tibicen — by Dan Mozgai @ 9:35 am

Don’t try this:

T. tibicen and Cicada Killer Wasp

Elias was kind enough to send us 10 Tibicen photos he took in 2009. Photos include Tibicen tibicen (chloromera), Tibicen lyricen, Tibicen tibicen & Cicada Killer Wasp on Elias’ fingers, Tibicen canicularis and Tibicen linnei.

You can view the gallery page for all, or visit the individual photos:

Female Tibicen tibicen eclosing.

T. lyricen male in the teneral phase.

Tibicen tibicen female with emerald green eyes.

Cicada Killer Wasp and Tibicen tibicen on Elias’ finger.

Cicada Killer Wasp and Tibicen tibicen on Elias’ fingers.

Tibicen canicularis eclosing.

T. canicualris eclosing in Lakewood NJ.

T. linnei teneral and its exuvia.

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August 23, 2008

Cicada vs. Cicada Killer

Filed under: Cicada Killer Wasps,Pop Culture — Tags: art, cicada, Cicada Killer Wasp — by Dan Mozgai @ 8:26 am

A cicada vs. Cicada Killer Wasp, typically isn’t much of a battle — the cicada typically loses.

My friend David Wilson made a display out of an old clock featuring a cicada and Cicada Killer Wasp locked in battle (or the wasp going grocery shopping for its larvae, depending on how you want to look at it).

Check it out, I think it’s very cool.

David said:

The thing is a diorama I made of an unnoticed moment in history. With New Brunswick [New Jersey], as seen from Highland Park circa 1900, in the back round.

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