tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post115489734952481176..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Violence in the GardenCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1156830713066518392006-08-29T01:51:00.000-04:002006-08-29T01:51:00.000-04:00Hi! My name is Lorraine Cook and I live in Phila...Hi!<BR/> <BR/> My name is Lorraine Cook and I live in Philadelphia, PA. This is the first year I have dealt with Cicada Killer Wasps. They have set up house in my backyard.<BR/><BR/>I contacted entomologist Chuck Holliday about CK and per his request I 'collected' four paralyzed cicadas for his research.<BR/><BR/>Professor Holliday of Lafayette College, Easton PA. is an authority on CK and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1154976699268728102006-08-07T14:51:00.000-04:002006-08-07T14:51:00.000-04:00*feeling rather ill**feeling rather ill*Christine Boleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898338520193338598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1154923891524115082006-08-07T00:11:00.000-04:002006-08-07T00:11:00.000-04:00Carol you weren't kidding about having your own cl...Carol you weren't kidding about having your own close encounters of the insect kind! What a picture you got of it, too. Wow.<BR/><BR/>By the way, the parasitic wasps do something similar, I just didn't get into detail about that on the blog. They inject some kind of paralyzing venom into the hornworm, and the hatchlings eat from the hornworm's non-vital organs first. I'm glad that we can justAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1154919596323979292006-08-06T22:59:00.000-04:002006-08-06T22:59:00.000-04:00Awesome photo is exactly right. And a nice creepy ...Awesome photo is exactly right. And a nice creepy nature story to go along with it, like a poster for a horror film!<BR/><BR/>Carol, it might further ruin your idea of a peaceful garden, but the larger mantids are not always good, either. There were photos on garden web showing one of them who'd caught a hummingbird for lunch. Advice was to keep hummingbird feeders out in the open - away from Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1154902478538486632006-08-06T18:14:00.000-04:002006-08-06T18:14:00.000-04:00That is an awesome picture, but I think I will hav...That is an awesome picture, but I think I will have nightmares now about the poor cicada being eaten alive. Can you imagine such a slow,horrible death? My bug-loving children who carry ants and spiders outside would be horrified. I don't think I will share this story with them. They would want to know if you could steal the cicada from the wasp, would it be possible to nurse it back to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1154902374181860642006-08-06T18:12:00.000-04:002006-08-06T18:12:00.000-04:00We have had what seem like 100s of cicada killers ...We have had what seem like 100s of cicada killers in our yard. I realize today that we've had them every year that we've lived at our current location. Now I know why....killing the ones flying around doesn't kill the larvae in the ground! <BR/><BR/>Third SisterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com