• ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
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    11 hours ago

    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

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      10 hours ago

      Cicada wasps are a cicada predator. In a totally normal wasp behavior they paralyze a cicada and leave it for their larva to eat.

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          7 hours ago

          This little godfucker of a wasp is the Eastern Cicada Killer. It’ll make you want to both run and hide, but yeah, completely chill towards people. The first time I saw one was in Kentucky- it was horrifying but we did a lil catch and release and it was all good from there.