Friday, August 12, 2011

Dig, Dig... Dig it!



The brilliant work of this female cicada killer as she digs an underground hideaway for her future offspring has nothing to do with my voiceover in the video. I was talking on the phone to a friend about the straw poll in Ames on August 13, 2011 at the same time this mighty insect woman powered her way into the earth. A member of my family was going to stomp on her, but I explained that this amazing insect should be respected- not crushed.


Wouldn't we admire this kind of work ethic in any other neighbor on the block?


For more information on cicada killer wasps visit ISU's Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic.



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