Cicada - Catch & Release 森でヒグラシを拾う

Catch-and-release of a female clear-toned cicada (AKA evening cicada; Tanna japonensis, family Cicadidae) in the forest floor. Mid-July 2008 in Japan.

林道を散歩中に茂みで暴れていたセミを手掴み採集。ヒグラシ♀だと思います。観察してから解放。ヒグラシの体表に寄生するセミヤドリガという不思議な蛾を探しているのです­が、未だ見たことがありません。

《追記》
セミヤドリガ分布の北限は東北地方南部らしいので、当地には生息していないのかも。

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cicada
• wing
• fly
• ヒグラシ
• セミ科
• セミ

[SessionSakic]

I'm not afraid of most but but for some reason cicadas just creep me out I don't know why They are on the Same list as Centipedes and Most Spiders but I absolutely love Wasps, Bees, Mantids, Ants and many others. It's just one of the few bugs that weird me out.

[sigma1920]

hi, thx 4 watching!

to tell the truth, i do not like skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) very much for some unknown reasons....

[sunshine19967]

its like when your hand is close to it, it suddenly freaked out. why?

[draqonofwhitestars]

I felt kind of afraid for the cicada, you almost squashed it...well looked like it. But than all went well and you released it.

[TheRaGiTe]

ewew ew im not afriad of any insect or spider but these scared the hell out of me, watching this made me feel sick! Why did I bother lol I just find it amazing you can HOLD It....its the way they fly

[unionofonion]

That's so cool.