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Five female eastern cicada killers, Sphecius speciosus Adult eastern cicada wasps are large, 1.5 to 5.0 cm (0.6 to 2.0 in) long, robust wasps with hairy, reddish, and black areas on their thoraces (middle parts), and black to reddish brown abdominal (rear) segments that are marked with light yellow stripes.
It is one of five species of the genus Sphecius in North America. [3] More recently, it has been suspected that the western cicada killer represents more than one species. It co-occurs with the eastern cicada killer (S. speciosus) and Pacific cicada killer (S. convallis) at Big Bend National Park in Texas. There the three wasps hunt and nest in ...
In North America, the term "cicada killer wasp" usually refers to the most well-known species, the eastern cicada killer (S. speciosus). A few other related genera also are sometimes referred to as "cicada killers", e.g. Liogorytes in South America and Exeirus in Australia.
Map of active periodical cicada broods in the U.S. Any day now, two massive broods of cicadas will emerge from the ground in a double emergence event that hasn’t happened in over 200 years.
The two cicada broods are projected to emerge in a combined 17 states across the South and Midwest. They emerge once the soil eight inches underground reaches 64 degrees, expected to begin in many ...
See the map of states where the different cicada broods will emerge. According to the map, Oklahoma's most prevalent brood of periodical cicadas is Brood IV, which last emerged in 2015 and is next ...
Eastern cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) with cicada prey, United States. Cicadas are commonly eaten by birds and mammals, [64] as well as bats, wasps, mantises, spiders, and robber flies. In times of mass emergence of cicadas, various amphibians, fish, reptiles, mammals, and birds change their foraging habits so as to benefit from the glut.
"Some wasps, called 'cicada killers,' hunt for cicadas, sting and paralyze them, drag them back to their burrows and lay an egg on them," Prof. Cross explains. "The developing larvae will feed on ...