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minus-squaremkhopper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 days agoAnd then the first time you see a cicada wasp… The sight of one of those will make you want to find a brick to drop on it, until you find out that they’re completely harmless. (unless you’re a cicada)
minus-squareToastedRavioli@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIve never heard it called a cicada wasp. Where Im from we just call them cicadas. Theyre more like a big ass grasshopper than a wasp
minus-squareSlatlun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 days agoCicada wasps are a cicada predator. In a totally normal wasp behavior they paralyze a cicada and leave it for their larva to eat.
And then the first time you see a cicada wasp…
The sight of one of those will make you want to find a brick to drop on it, until you find out that they’re completely harmless. (unless you’re a cicada)
Ive never heard it called a cicada wasp. Where Im from we just call them cicadas. Theyre more like a big ass grasshopper than a wasp
Cicada wasps are a cicada predator. In a totally normal wasp behavior they paralyze a cicada and leave it for their larva to eat.
That makes way more sense