Hitchhiker 4
This cicada green fruit beetle* landed on the wiper arm at a stop light, snuggled down between the wiper arm and the wiper, and hitched a two-mile ride.
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*See the comments.
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August 4, 2013 at 5:58 pm
That is a green fruit beetle, my friend. You don’t see a lot of them.
August 4, 2013 at 9:33 pm
Thanks. I was going by the size.
We looked up pictures of cicadas it appeared to be a match.
August 4, 2013 at 11:15 pm
They buzz around for a few days in the latter part of summer, having just emerged from the ground, presumably mate and the next generation is planted back in the earth. They are like a really big gem-colored June beetle. One in the yard in August always made me think the ecology was right and we’d worn out the previous owner’s fetish for spraying.
August 8, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Looks like a June Bug to me. Cotinis nitida