Welcome Home...THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

iKnife Collector

The online community of knife collectors, A Knife Family Forged in Steel

Byrd Cara Cara 2, with Cicada

The cicada IS alive (or at least was when I took the photo), & was very tolerant of me taking this photo, knife & all... But there it was, sitting on a sandbag, what was I supposed to do -- NOT take a photo of the cicada with my EDC pocket knife?!?

3 members like this

View Full Size

Tags:

Add a Comment

You need to be a member of iKnife Collector to add comments!

Join iKnife Collector

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy 3 hours ago: EXACTLY, Jan! :)

Comment by Jan Carter on Wednesday: Cannot pass up the opportunity to take that pic!!

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on Wednesday: Kevin, your knowledge of cicadas is clearly impressive -- guessing you have forgotten more about entymology than I will ever know -- despite the fact that I grew up with a dad who collected insects casually, and an uncle who is an expert (but without a degree) -- what little I retained of that knowledge was mostly by osmosis. Are you an insect hobbyist, or is it professional? Regardless, I will definitely defer to your identification of this species of cicada!

We were recently in the Kansas City area and experienced a whole different realm (& species) of cicada -- much louder than what we have here in Minnesota, & similar to the cicadas I recall hearing in San Antonio, but also possibly different (if I'm remembering correctly) -- guessing they were of at least one of the species you mentioned.

You never fail to impress, Kevin!

Comment by Kevin D on Monday: With you being up in Minnesota, I am thinking that the cicada in your photo is the Neotibicen canicularis. I have not had the opportunity to see one of those before. I have only seen a few types in person. Neotibicen linnei (Linne's Cicada), Okanagana rimosa (Say's Cicada), and Neotibicen tibicen (Morning Cicada) are the ones I have seen personally.

Lucky you! Nice looking knife too!