Shortly after publishing our last 'Bugs of Summer' post on the Cicada Killer Wasp, we spotted one outside of the office dragging her prey. Here she is clutching the Cicada as she crawls along the ground.
She crawled onto the porch and began to climb a post.
For some reason I was unable to rotate this photo, but at this point she is climbing UP the post. You can clearly see the Cicada she is holding and how quickly she is moving her wings in order to support the large bug. Once she got about 4' high she had attained enough altitude to get lift when she turned and flew away!
I promise now, for those of you who have been feeling squeamish about all these insects we have been profiling, to get off of summer break and get back to posting about design topics. At least you can say that you kept up with your biology lessons over the summer vacation - now back to art and horticulture!
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