Paphos Life

Bet everyone knows what this creature is, parked on my wall! Oddly, he didn't skedaddle when I got close.

Is a young one (cicada) my be very thirsty .....
Max

Nice photo!


Shane

My garden trees and bushes are full of them! The noise they make continuously from dawn to dusk is deafening!

Dee

Kili01 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:30 pm My garden trees and bushes are full of them! The noise they make continuously from dawn to dusk is deafening!

Dee

I know, I know, they are the bane of my life when they emerge singing and chirping in the summer months, such a bloody racket they make. However, after Max's comment that the baby cicada might be thirsty, I put out a dish of water. I'm such a sucker!

We don't have so many of them in Polemi. We get serenaded more by crickets.

aphrodite wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:56 pm

Kili01 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:30 pm My garden trees and bushes are full of them! The noise they make continuously from dawn to dusk is deafening!

Dee

I know, I know, they are the bane of my life when they emerge singing and chirping in the summer months, such a bloody racket they make. However, after Max's comment that the baby cicada might be thirsty, I put out a dish of water. I'm such a sucker!

Aphrodite Is not good enough she wants a shower, not a bath and die. A little sprayer with clean water will be good enough, but mind if it (he/she) quirts at you for a thank you
Max

It was a very shallow flat dish, I didn't want to drown him/her! I'm sure if I had sprayed him/her it would have frightened the life out of it!

One got in our car one day !! I had to stop the car as it was going beserk ! Another day one somehow got into our little dogs mouth and the noise was coming from her mouth - she did not like it one bit and they always used to squirt my husband when he was gardening.

aphrodite wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:51 pm It was a very shallow flat dish, I didn't want to drown him/her! I'm sure if I had sprayed him/her it would have frightened the life out of it!

Aphrodite, I thought you could spray the wall near to the creature not direct on it. If it is aware that there is moist it will perhaps move some inches and drink. Or is it already gone?
Max

No, it's gone. Probably got fed up waiting for me to spray water on the wall next to him/her. I will know next time!