Has anyone else seen these large, dead insects that look like a mix between a bee and a beetle on campus? I saw one by the hospital and another behind University Hall, just dead on the ground. They are HUGE, like 3 inches.
Does anyone know what they are?
08-14-2009 at 07:55 PM
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i probably won't know what it is but can you post a picture if you see them again?
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EWWWW. 3 inches?! You've gotta be kidding me. That's gross!
08-14-2009 at 07:58 PM
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Please tell me its not a Japanese Giant Hornet.
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08-14-2009 at 08:01 PM
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Please tell me its not a Japanese Giant Hornet.
I just looked that up (and got the heebie jeebies) and it fits the description. Buut it says it's mostly in Eastern Asia...
Scary though, it also says that 20 to 40 people die each year from it's sting in Japan. O_O
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Three inches??? O.o
really glad they were dead then..
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That sounds epic. We need pics.
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Lol I remember watching the Japanese Giant Hornet videos a couple years ago with some friends. They just go in and own entire bee hives with like 10 hornets, kill off thousands and thousands of bees, and then eat the bee children. It's ridiculous. Hopefully the giant dead bugs aren't those, that would be highly unpleasant.
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08-14-2009 at 09:13 PM
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In hamilton... anythings possible... plus we have that nuclear powerplant near kayes
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It's probably a cicada... it's about the right time for them to start dying.
They spend many many years buried under ground, and when they're ready, they come out to mate in the summer. You know those loud constant buzzing sounds you hear in the trees during the hot days of summer? (You know what I'm talking about, especially if you're from the country/small towns). Those are cicadas, and once they die, you'll see them lying there, often on the side of the road where their bodies have been blown.
They're harmless and perfectly normal... you just don't tend to see them since they live in the tops of trees and only come out in the hottest days of the summer... that's why they seem so unusual.
I understand that there's a possibility that I'm wrong, but I'm about 99% sure that the dead insects you're finding are cicadas. (yay ecology!)
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08-14-2009 at 09:26 PM
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Wait, is another name for cicadas June Bugs?
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08-14-2009 at 09:49 PM
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Nope!
June bugs are...June bugs. They come out in May/June and attack me when I'm at my parents house. They're also much smaller than a cicada.
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Despite living in a small town/spending summers at cottages most of my life I have NEVER seen a cicada. Is that weird?
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