Eyes and antennae: Many cicadas have red or black eyes, which can be quite striking against their body color. Their short antennae help them gather sensory information from their surroundings. Wings: Cicadas are known for their translucent wings, which can be a distinguishing feature. Here’s a...
You know nothing, like my heart, here you can pull it, like my eyes, just pluck them like a daisy, yes you can take anything you want now and devour them like the wolves that you are, but soon maybe sooner than soon, maybe even now, you might pass a tall and beautiful flower tha...
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In the summer, when the humidity is an overcoat sticking to your skin, they say the old killer comes to east Texas. In between the crickets and the cicadas, the deadbeats firing off shotguns in the air at God knows who and God knows what and maybe God himself, you can hear the breat...
Both groundhogs and prairie dogs are members of the squirrel family of rodents,Sciuridae, which means “shadow-tail.” All species in this family have four toes on their front feet and five on their hind feet. Their eyes are set high on their heads so they can watch for predators. Both...
As dusk approaches the throbbing wail of cicadas loses its urgency and eventually stops, as do the relentless attacks of blood-sucking deer flies. The white-throated swifts that had ruled the skies for most of the afternoon are now settled in for the night, giving way to their mammalian co...
Paula’s hair is the color of honey (like yours), eyes a murky green (not like yours). She arrives in black jeans and a Madonna t-shirt. You are not allowed to listen to Madonna. She does not look you in the eye when you are introduced. ...
These fascinating insects come in different colors, usually brown, green, or yellowish1. A single species can exhibit all three color phases1. Head The praying mantis head is triangular in shape featuring very slender antennae and prominent compound eyes2. This unique head structure allows the man...
A Roi-Tan Panatelas box protected my true bugs, cicadas, grasshoppers, and katydids. All of my beetles were neatly arranged in a box that once held Swisher Sweets and the Dutch Masters box served as a catchall for everything else. I can still smell that pungent aroma of tobacco mingled ...
The order Hemiptera is a large and diverse order consisting of insects such as bugs, aphids, and cicadas. Insects of order Hemiptera are extremely diverse in size, shape, and color. Order Hemiptera has three suborders: Heteroptera (true bugs), Auchenor...