Molting Cicada Visitor at My Doorstep

*** 8/27/2017 Accompanying video now available at YouTube—"Molting Cidada Visitor at My Doorstep"

Last month, on my way back from a morning walk around 8 AM, I spied a cicada partially emergent from its exoskeleton at my front door. It looked to be trapped and unable to have exited. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Leaf-footed Bug Visitor

*** 7/31/2017
Accompanying video now available at YouTube—"Leaf-footed Bug Visitor"

My bug visitor was unusually shaped, like a slender, upside-down bell, with muscular-looking, long, rear legs. It was nearly monochrome dark. From preliminary research and images, I settled on it being a leaf-footed bug. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Cicada Wasp N Cicada a Month Apart

The last few weeks while taking daily walks and pix, we've spotted some unusual buggy items that warranted closeups. (I’m getting better about carrying and whipping out a measuring stick so I can scale the objects.) My pixstrip with composites shows three related objects—cicada wasp (dead), cicada exoskeleton (aka "exuvia"), and cicada (dead), approximately scaled with my trusty 6” rule. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Leggy Bugs--Grasshoppers

These REALLLY leggy bugs are great jumpers. As if having spectacular jumping legs weren’t enough for grasshoppers for locomotion, they even have wings to fly with. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Leggy Bugs--Huntsman Spiders

Inspiration for a leggy bugs article about spiders came in when I spotted a news item about a very large spider found in a toddler's room (in Michigan). Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Leggy Bugs--Praying Mantises

This bug is a fascinating study in bug looks for more than just legginess (big 'uns). The proper spelling is "praying", not its homophone "preying". Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Leggy Bugs--Walking Sticks

These bugs look like twigs with daddy-longleggy legs and longish antennae. View a walking stick navigating plant life and leaves, mostly upside down, in "Walking Stick insect!". Read the entire article and comment there, please.