#pharaoh cicada

[vulturevalentines]

periodical cicada (m. septendecim) for day 10 of invertober!

historical accounts of the periodical cicadas massive broods emerging every 17 years go as far back as the 1700s.

[vicsghosttoast]

[masters-menagerie]

Cicada, Ghost, Pharaoh - Lapis and Prussian

Lapis: What’s your best fantasy?

Prussian: Confess a kink to me?

CICADA

"Honestly? I've indulged in the idea of making love to someone that I can call my domestic partner. Marriage isn't really possible for us, but...I don't know; finding someone I can spend the rest of my life with just sounds perfect."

"A kink? That's a tough one...giving praise, maybe?"

GHOST

"I don't really have fantasies? I don't even think about sex unless i really like somebody, and that can take a while."

"....biting."

PHARAOH

"I'd rather keep that private, actually."

"Restraints."

[glassgob]

ref sheet for my new bug mech pilot (who is currently on artfight-- im glassgoblin on team vampire woo!)

[Image ID: Digital reference sheet of Pharaoh and hir mech Z3R-0. Pharaoh is a stocky humanoid with pharaoh cicada motifs throughout. Ze is wearing a black jacket and joggers with symmetrical gold patterns. The back of the jacket is open, revealing red wires that untangle from hir back like wings. An arrow reads "uses to connect to hir mech." Hir mech is white with gold and red accents and is shaped like a cicada husk. The mech is five-times the height of Pharaoh. End ID.]

[cicadasuede]

Hello! I am very new to the current landscape of Tumblr in our God-Forsaken Year of 2023. I have only a vague understanding of what is going on, but nonetheless I shall trek on into the semi-unknown. Here is a piece of art I made about a year ago, titled “Cicada Brain”. I was supposed to tie some deeper meaning to this for a class, but really I just wanted to draw a bug (specifically this bug is a Pharaoh Cicada). I really really like bugs. Hope you guys like it! :D

[canyourlawnmowerdothis]

look up pharaoh cicada on google images imfucking losing it these freaks are so funny

[africanamermaid]

So many things to do today and it actually feels good!

I bought some baking soda and my favorite cleaner I remember my mom using during the good parts of my childhood so I'm excited to clean after work.

I'm also in the middle of making my "Coastal Carrier" bag I'm crocheting. I'm working on the shoulder strap for it. I'm excited to make the striped flap for it!

I also took a bunch of photos with my digital camera a couple years ago and I have decent scrapbooking materials to use to make a book filled with new happy memories.

Once the weather settles into the warm spectrum, I'll be trying to practice the art of photography in one of my favorite neighborhoods called West Avenue. Hopefully, I'll catch some pharaoh cicadas!

[skhardwarevers1]

”biblically accurate Sikada” and it’s just a pharaoh cicada following you around and screaming

[sub-oscine]

I'm a fujoshi, sure. But Im more like a pharaoh cicada, in that only extremely good yaoi ships will wake me up once every blue moon and I don't think I can go higher than charmuro

[elementalgod-aj]

Anthro Allies Remastered (Part 10)

Now the Third and Final Part of the Arthropods

Endoterygota

Emorrossa (Insect Queen)

Lord Hexagath (Insect King)

Sawfly

Buzza (Sawfly)

Team 

Stem sawfly

Horntail

Cedar wood wasp

Webbed Leaf

Xyelid

Megalodontes

Parasitic Wasps

Crimson the Abominable (Thistledown velvet ant)

The Hoard

P. Wood wasp 

Sirex Woodwasp

Ichneumon Wasp 

Gall wasp

Chalcid Wasp

Fairy wasp

Ensign Wasp

Crowned Wasp

Cuckoo wasp (Emerald wasp)

Velvet Ant (Cow killer)

Spider Wasp (Tarantula Hawk)

Tiphiid wasp

Scoliid wasp 

Mammoth Wasp

Cockroach wasp (Jewel Wasp)

Sand digger wasp

Cicada Killers

Ant hunter wasp

Bee wolf 

Aphid wasp

Eusocial Wasp

Queen Assaut

King Vespa

Prince Axe

Princess Strike

Warriors

Hornets

Yellow jackets

European wasps

Paper Wasps

Executioner wasps

Warrior wasps

Potter wasps

Hover wasps

Pollen wasps

Honey Wasp

Ants

Queen Amber

King Ore 

Prince Beryl

Princess Siafu

Special Forces

Acrobat Ant, Dracula Ant, Exploding Ant, Mafia Ant, Shining Guest Ant, Sugar Ant

Colony

Black Ants (Garden worker), Red Ants (forager worker)

Argentine Ants (Warrior), Erratic Ants (sun workers), Needle Ant (Warrior), Ghost Ant (Scout), Stink Ants (aphid and caterpillar farmer), cone ant (pest control)

Eciton Ants (Generals/Tanks), Driver Ants (Army)

Trap Jaw Ants (Trappers), Dinosaur Ants (Moon Worshippers)

Diving Ant (Swimmer), Honey Pot Ants (Food dealers), Crazy Ants (Wild cards), Amazon Ants (Raider), Carpenter Ants (Builders), Tree Ants (Warriors), Hodor Ant (Bouncer),  Giant forest ants (gladiators)

Leaf Cutter Ants (Builders), Weaver Ants (handmaidens and caretakers), Lemon Ants (mushroom growers), Pharaoh Ants (communication), Harvester Ants (harvesters), Pirate Ants (rogues), Raider Ants (raider), Electric ants (warriors), Fire Ants (Warriors), Big headed ants (Guard)

Bees

Queen Apidae

King Apo

Prince Kyle

Princess Pollen

Bee Hive

Dwarf/Asian Honey bee, Giant/European Honey Bee, Dog Bee, Sugar Bag bee (Honey makers), Carpenter bee (Builders), Bumblebee (Nectar collector),  orchid bee (Flower manager), Sweat Bee (workers), Long horned Bees (Workers), Digger Bees (nest builders), Mining Bees (Mining and Excavation)

Plasterer bee (builder), Polyester bee (cloth maker)

Carder bee (Collectors), Leafcutter bee( (Weaver), Mason bee (molder), Wallace giant Bee (blacksmith)

Pantaloon Bee (Guards)

Australian Bee (soldiers)

Daniel and Lyon (lacewing & antlion)

Xan (Snakefly)

Zip(Alderfly)

Grounder (Ground beetles)

Live wire (Telephone pole beetle)

Knock Knock (Deathwatch beetle)

Lucky (Ladybug)

Lumi-Nate (Firefly)

Adorn (Jewel beetle)

IronShell/Ira (Horned Scarab beetle)

Horns (Stag Beetle)

George Schmutz (Dung beetle)

Red Rover (Rove beetle)

Ballin (Boll weevil)

Waxer (Giraffe Weevil)

Twist (Stylops)

Twiddle (Stylops)

Harleigh (Butterfly/Moth)

Eugene (Monarch Butterfly)

Genevieve (Silk Moth)

Cassidy (Caddisfly)

Bethany (House/Horse Fly)

Pesky (Gnat/Midge) 

Zika (Mosquito)

Rome (Hover/Robber/Crane fly)

Sting (Scorpionflies)

Ichor (Fleas)

Previous/Next

(For More Information About The Earthdemons, Neo demons, The Anthro allies , the O'Kong family and more of theses characters as well as updates please visit the @the-earthdemon-hub for more)

[skiplo-wave]

I don't think it's a coincidence that the U.S. decides it would return mummies back to Egypt nor do I think they would had let them go so easily. They are messing with to much shit over there in them sands and they found a bunch of new mummies + a new royal tomb. I think the U.S. believes by returning the mummies, these plagues will stop.

But honestly think about it. Ever since 2020, I feel like we are in that animation movie The Prince of Egypt (1998).

Now keep in mind, besides people trying to storm Area 51, there was a lot of Egypt archaeology discoveries in 2019 including a fully intact mummified lion. And you know how Egyptians feel about their cats. The cats are pharaohs in their own right. They are the guardians of the underworld but lions, psh, they are probably Hades himself. And a lot of the discoveries since the pandemic has to do with cats. There's something going on with that.

January of 2020: That whole month dragged out for a long time and so did the January of 2021.

February of 2020: Tomb of Rromulus is found. Weird sickness was going around and some people was getting blood clots in their lungs. This was right before supposedly COVID-19 entered the U.S. but it seemed it was already there because there was a number of sicknesses in December of 2019 that they thought was Influenza B.

March of 2020: COVID-19 came and the lockdowns began.

April of 2020: Random meteor showers came with no warnings. We got the threat of murder hornets. Cougars infected with the plague.

May of 2020: New variants emerged, death of a innocent and riots exploded out in the streets.

June of 2020: Chaos and destruction. Political warfare and tensions rise between world leaders. And locusts swarmed India.

July of 2020: The bubonic plague case in Mongolia. Which was the same plague that caused Black Death.

August of 2020: Accidents, crashes and shootings. Violence rates rises.

September of 2020: Protests and violence continues. A huge number of Egyptian mummies found. A dark winter is predicted.

October of 2020: New variants to come. A 120 foot long geoglyph of a cat discovered in Peru that is dated between 200 B.B. and 100 B.B.

November of 2020: Strange influenza cases that are mimicking and giving immunity towards COVID-19. Discovery that certain people with certain blood types have some type of immunity to fight off COVID-9.

December of 2020: Dark winter, COVID-19 death rises. Ancient cat carving discovered in the Amazon.

January of 2021: More chaos, influenza and COVID-19 waning. New Egyptian discoveries. More mummified cats.

February of 2021: Tensions rises from other countries, violence continue to rise ebola outbreaks and avian flu recorded.

March of 2021: Protests erupts around the world. Fuel prices start racking up.

April of 2021: Duke of Edinburgh dies. Chaos continues on U.S. soil and multiple shootings break records. Ancient cat burial discovered in Cyprus (Still messing with shit they shouldn't messing with).

May of 2021: Violence and shootings climb to a all time high. A new saber-toothed cat discovered to had roamed North America 5-9 million years ago.

June of 2021: Threat of a stronger COVID-19 variant. Brood X cicadas return from hell.

July of 2021: World tragedies all around...

August of 2021: More world tragedies. Big ass house spider threat.

September of 2021: Another dark winter predicted. New threats coming out of other countries.

October of 2021: Military, shortages, protests and violence.

November of 2021: New wave of COVID-19 hitting people bad even those who are vaxxed. Tragedies continue in a three week pace.

December of 2021: Natural disasters, fourth week tragedies and gun violence.

January of 2022: Volcano wildfires and flooding. Groceries start racking up. Tragic Hollywood deaths.

February of 2022: Human rights threatened. Russia invades Ukraine.

March of 2022: Threat of WWIII. Sanctions against Russia. Prices at the pumps and store continue to rise.

April of 2022: Natural disasters continue. Deaths, scandal and execution.

May of 2022: UK cost of living continues to rise. Nuclear weapon threat. Another COVID-19 outbreak fear. Deadly COVID-19 variant threat. Tensions rises.

June of 2022: More sanctions, massacres, bans and Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 70 years on the English throne. UK continues to struggle with food price surge.

July of 2022: Both Republican and Democrats can't get their shit together.

August of 2022: Sanctions, rockets, violence and omicron. Romains of a house-cat sized dinosaur is discovered in Argentina. Influenza that is mimicking COVID-19 and giving immunity against it is going around again.

September of 2022: Queen Elizabeth II dies. More world tragedies continue. COVID-19 restrictions eases as there is a new threat of deadly variants. It's also discovered that cat's create mental maps. You can't hide from your cat.

October of 2022: More country threats. U.K. is at a crisis. U.S. is following suit with prices at the grocery store.

November of 2022: RSV and flu cases rise at a all time high. Hospitals are crowded with sick children. Avian flu outbreak wipes out millions of birds. (But what doesn't make sense about the egg prices is that they was already rising before that). But also there is a study on ancient feline mirgration into Europe.

December of 2022: Deadly viruses. Triple-demic. Extreme cold temperatures. A new tomb discovered with unknown queen. Falcon shrine. Mummified cats guarding the tomb. They found ancient cat fossils and doing feline genetic testing to find ancient DNA too!

January of 2023: More unexpected tragic deaths. Volcanos and earthquakes. Triple-demic is still making it's rounds but RSV seems to be waning. Warmer climates and deadly tornadoes. And on January 13th, Friday the 13th btw, Ancient cat fossils found in Texas. You can't make this shit up.

Aka we learned nothing from cinema classic The mummy starring Brendan Frasser and you know stop taking shit from poc burial grounds

[todaysbug]

July 16th, 2022

Pharaoh Cicada (Magicicada septendecim)

The pharaoh cicada is also known as the 17-year locust, is a periodical cicada and the northernmost species with a 17-year lifecycle. They are found in the Midwestern and Eastern US, as well as Southern Canada.

These cicadas have a life cycle of 13 to 21 years, with a median of 17 years from egg to natural adult death. Eggs are laid in twigs, and once they hatch, the nymphs burrow into the earth. They are usually found at a depth of one to three metres, but have been found at a depth of up to nine metres! Nymphs remain underground for almost the entirety of their life cycle, emerging only in the spring of the 17th year. A brood will often all emerge from the ground within a same night. Within a week, males will begin their chorus, heard only once every 17 years! Adults die in early July, and the cycle begins anew.

Pharaoh cicada live in broods of many individuals of differing magicicada species, allowing them to overburden predators. By having such a high population density, the loss of a few individuals during the mating season has little consequence on the overall population numbers. Because of the sheer number of them, males' mating calls can become very loud, to the point of becoming a nuisance. Males make their noises using a pair of rigid membranes near their abdomen called tymbals. The majority of magicicada spp. have five types of calls: an alarm call, a calling song which encourages other males to join in their chorus, and three types of courtship calls.

[cillpiines]

Cillpiiiiine I made a mistake, I have two mutuals with nearly the same pfp, don't ignore the Chimneyswift infodumping tho I'm just slightly embarrassed 😔

No sweat!! I'm always encouraging of infodumping!

My pfp is a pharaoh cicada! The most recent brood emerged fairly recently and they're a beautiful bug <3

[temp-check]

Wednesday's temperature check (procès-verbaux of 4-10)

While hosting a dinner for 1962 Nobel Prize winners, President Kennedy remarked, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”  We are about to experience a second assemblage of equal significance this spring.  The dual emergence of Cicada Brood XIX and Brood XIII has not happened since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.  Because of amazing properties of mathematics – particularly prime numbers - the dual emergence only takes place every 221 years. Trillions of evolution's bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. Brood XIII cicadas, mostly concentrated in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, come out of the ground every 17 years. Their Brood XIX cousins emerge every 13 years and are spread across the Midwest and Southeast. Between them, they represent all seven known species of periodical cicadas. I really got into the Brood X back in 2021.  But, according to UConn entomologists, I might not be at ground zero for “Cicada-geddon”.  But these things have wings and there could be some around here.  However, after watching The Last of Us, I’m kinda squeamish about the weird fungus that turns them into zombies.  Oh, by the way, Thomas Jefferson wasn’t the boss-genius that JFK made him out to be.  Jefferson wrote about cicadas in his Garden Book but mistakenly called them locusts – the scourge of ancient Egyptian pharaohs.  Nevertheless, cicadas are harmless unless you have a seafood allergy; I’d suggest you not eat them.

Stay safe!

Tom

[animalfacthub]

Animal Spotlight - Noisy Bugs!

This week’s animal spotlight is about the Pharaoh’s Cicada. These are bugs that stay underground for nearly 20 decades then come out and make the same amount of noise as a jet engine

If you want to learn more about it the link is below :)

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/animalfacthub

“17-year periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim) 2013a.jpg” by Futureman1199 on wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

[ceruleanthing]

He’s thinking