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Cigarra
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The story of Cigarras in Águas da Prata, SP, Brasil.
- Author: Urso Branco
- Listed in: Places & Geography Photography
- Tags: photos Brasil Cigarra rural cicada Águas da prata
Recent Posts
A BIG grass hopper
On Jan 23rd I walked out onto the verandah and discovered this BIG grasshopper. What makes it so special is that I have never seen one so large.He stayed still for over 10 minutes and let me take many photos of him.I was not sure I would get very clo...
Other Insects we have seen
Here is a perfect Brasilian Beetle. Notice he has Brasilian Green and Yellow colours. He is about 3/4 of an inch long.Here is a black beetle in Judy's hand. Judy is fearless.Here is a Barata (Cockroach)( Cucaracha in Spanish). He is about 3/4 of an i...
Up Close and Personal
Here are two pics of a live Cigarra in Judy's hand. They can't bite because the have no mouth.It was fascinating to see how docile these insects are.We have never seen the up close like this before this year! Fortunately this fellow did not sing whil...
The Cigarras come in gangs now
Here are two Cigarras on the tree in front of our house.Our cats also bring them inside the house.On several occasions we have found the cats playing with the Cigarras. One day I caught our dog Nine and our cat Chico playing with one in the dining ro...
Back Again on November 3, 2008
I heard the very loud sound of Cigarras again on Nov 3, 2008.It seems they travel all over town. From our verandah you can hear the chorus of Cigarras singing loudly from various districts in town. They move en masse from place to place. They may sta...
A Visitor on Oct 29, 2008
This fellow came to visit several times in late October. Here he is on the tree in front of our house.Notice how he hangs under the branch. Is that to escape the birds?He stayed there for several hours.After a few hours he flew away to another part o...
