Bzzz!! (Hint: it's not a bee)

Cicadas, whose steady hum fills the late summer air,are more often heard then seen. Males make the sharp sound with plate-like organs on the thorax. Some species are called harvestflies because of their late summer appearance; others are called 13-year and 17-year locusts, though the 75 species of cicadas differ widely in the time they take to mature. The females cut slits in young twigs and deposit eggs in them. This sometimes causes damage in nurseries and orchards because the slit twigs break easily in the wind. As the wingless, scaly young hatch, they drop to the ground, burrow in, and stay there 4 to 20 years (depending on the species and the latitude) as nymphs living on juices sucked from roots. The full-grown nymph climbs a tree trunk. The skin splits down the back; the adult emerges. In most species, adults ordinarily live a few weeks - long enough to mate and lay eggs. "Broods" or large colonies of periodical (13- and 17- year) cicadas emerge en masse, and many are eaten by birds.

Hop, Hop, Hop

The Bug of the Day is the leafhopper. These attractive, slender, multicolored insects are often abundant on plants where they can feed by sucking the sap. This causes wilting and injury to grape, apple, clover, beet and other plants. Besides, leafhoppers carry virus diseases from plant to plant and thus become serious pests. Leafhoppers exude "honeydew" as they feed. This is a somewhat sweet surplus sap which attracts ants and bees, which feed on it. Leafhoppers are well known as prodigious jumpers. They are sometimes called dodgers because of the way they slip out of sight when disturbed. The female lays eggs in stems and leaves. Two or more generations are produced each year. Late eggs winter over and hatch in spring. Adults hibernate and emerge in spring also. The young that hatch resemble the adults and pass through 4 or 5 nymph stages before they mature. Leafhopper populations in fields may reach as high as a million per acre. Of some 2,000 known species, about 700 are found in the United States.

Exhausted

I don't feel like posting anything about bugs today. :(

Something Special

Everyone who is following this blog right now, I would like you to do something special. Go and find one species of bug (you only have to do one kind) and find out what it is. Then post the name of the bug in a comment. I will tell you who the winner is. And does anyone need invitations to any of my blogs???

Hop, Hop, Hop

The Bug of the Day is the treehopper. The common green and brown treehoppers are small, winged, sucking insects of curious and peculiar shapes. They live on many plants, feeding on the sap. Because of their protective color and form, they are usually only noticed when moving. Nearly 200 species are known in this country, many with bizarre shapes. Eggs are laid in stems and buds, sometimes causing minor damage. Eggs hatch the following spring. Young are similar to adults.

Lice

The Bug of the Day is lice. Lice are minute, wingless insects that live and breed on their hosts. All are parasites; some carry disease. Biting lice (bird lice), a distinct group, feed on hair, feathers, and fragments of skin. The sucking lice take the hosts' blood directly, by means of sucking mouth-parts. The hog lice (¼ in.) are the largest of this group. The head louse infects humans and is known to carry typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever. Six to 12 generations of lice may mature annually. Young, similar to adults, develop rapidly. Phew.

Those aren't ants!

Bug of the Day is the termite. Though sometimes called white ants, termites are not ants, and some are not white. Of some 2,000 species, only about 40 are found in this country. Many more are tropical. These highly socialized insects live in colonies composed of four distinct castes. The king and the queen, and the winged termites which can become kings and queens of new colonies, form the first caste. The enlarged and almost helpless queen produces thousands upon thousands of eggs. Most of these hatch into whitish, blind workers who make up the second caste. Soldiers with large heads and jaws, and nymphs which take over the task of reproduction should the king or queen die, make up the last two castes.With the aid of protozoa living in their digestive tracts, termites feed on wood and do some $40,000,000 worth of damage annually to buildings in this country. The young pass through six stages in two years as they develop into adults. Tropical termites build huge nests or mounds, often higher than a man.

There's my description. I went to Casey's party yesterday, and Aaron went to Caesar's. It was a big pool party. I swam around in a hot tub stabbing people with a foam sword. We had a pillow fight. Also I half played Evan's i Pad. There were these plants that give off money and attacked zombies and I picked up the money.

Your Ear Doesn't Have A Wig!?!

Bug of the Day is an earwig. Earwigs are marked by short, leathery forewings and a pincer-like abdominal appendage which is more pronounced in males. From their abdominal glands earwigs exude a liquid with a tar-like odor. They are nocturnal, spending the day in crevices or damp places The legend of their creeping into ears of sleeping persons is untrue. Some kinds are carnivorous, feeding on other insects. Young nymphs are wingless and gradually develop adult form.

There is my description. DON'T use these insects for wigs for your ears. They bite!

Don't use ANYTHING that's green!!!!

OK, OK, don't use anything that's green. Don't even wear something green because there's a swarm of locusts coming in. "Bz-z-z-z-z!" Hear that? Eek! I'm naked! They ate my green shirt! OK, I need to take a break to put on another shirt.

That's better. They devour everything that's green. I can't believe it! They even chewed up the cover of my notebook and that was made out of cardboard! Does anybody have any idea how bugs eat cardboard? If so, put it in the comment section.

snore...zzzzzzzz

Wh-where am I? Oh, yeah, I'm on my bug planet. We were talking about pillows, right? No, no, we're talking 'bout grasshoppers. Anyway, grasshoppers are big. One's about 2 and a half inches long. They hop on grass. Gasum and Jordan from my classroom like to kill grasshoppers. Once Luca found a grasshopper and I released it on an aloe vera leaf. Gasum and Jordan urged me to toss it in the air. And then Jordan gave the leaf a flick. I was horrified and turned on Jordan until he spoke calmly to me: "It's still on there." I looked closely and saw the grasshopper, hanging onto the bottom of the leaf with four legs. Two were dangling off.  

Pray, not play!

The Bug of the Day is the Playing Mantis. Oops, the praying mantis. All mantises, actually. There are lots of mantises not just the praying mantis. I'm feeling sleepy and hungry today so I'm not gonna write much. "yawn" Mantises live everywhere. They're big, ranging two and a half to three and a half inches long. Of course, small to us, but big to insects. Me and my dad went out for a centipede check last night and we caught two...."snore" "snore" What? What's that? Oh, yeah, we were talking 'bout mantises. I just wanna nod off....

Pesty, pesty, pesty!

Bug (pant) of (pant) the (pant) Day (pant) is (pant) American Cockroach! The American Cockroach is known by practically everyone. Once, I was taking a bath and I noticed something brown in the water. I knew I didn't have any brown bath toys so I looked up close and it was a cockroach! I totally freaked out and shouted for Dad to come in and get it back in its home: "Dad! Dad! There's a cockroach in my bath!" So he came in while the cockroach tried to climb into one of my boats. Dad picked up the boat and tried to shake the cockroach off into the toilet but the pesky thing clung to the side. I told Dad not to sacrifice the boat as he gave one last blow. He slammed the boat against the seat of the toilet and the roach went flying into the water after he flushed it. :)

P.S. I'm SO tired today. Bye-bye.

Another Cricket!?!?!? :(

Yes, I know I've been doing crickets for awhile now but today is the field cricket. It doesn't damage stuff. I don't know much about it. Anyway, Valentine's Day!!!! I'm going to two birthday parties on  next Saturday and the Saturday after that so I might not be posting then. I hope I can end this here. I'm feeling lazy. ':)

Mormon Settlers

The Bug of the Day is the Mormon Cricket. Now, the mormon cricket actually damage crops, just like the camel and mole crickets. Seagulls were the heroes and saved Mormon settlers from being invaded by them. Anyway, Valentine's Day is coming soon and I will tell you how to find out who I want to give a special valentine to. Go to my other blog, Pokemon TCG & VG, and look carefully at the end of the post I put up about Hitmonlee. In very small font, it will tell you who it is. And if anybody knows it, PLEASE don't spoil it in the comments.

It's a camel! Or is it a cricket?

It's both. The camel cricket is up for Bug of the Day. The camel cricket is like a mole cricket. It also burrows underground and calls it home. The camel cricket can sometimes do damage to crops because it likes to eat the plants in them so if you're a farmer you'll have heard of this bug. Anyway, I forgot to send invitations!?!?!?!?

It's a mole! Or is it a cricket?

The Bug of the Day today is the mole cricket. This is actually a cricket, but it behaves like a mole, burrowing under the ground to make its home. It is pretty funny actually. Anyway, both Mom and Dad are saying they have a problem with this place. I wonder why. You should check out the other two blogs in the family: Pokemon TCG & VG and The Classic Report.

Katydid, katydidn't

You might have heard this title elsewhere. It is the song of the katydid, which is the Bug of the Day. If you come to my house, I have a bug store there called Bug Palace. It's not really a palace because it's just a dusty table with some books on it. But if you pay me 25 cents, I will tell you about any bug you want to learn about. I go by Mr. P there and my invisible friend Aaron Trenkle will go by Mr. A. Will somebody please be a member of this place?!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Hooray! Today is the official opening of The World of Bugs. This is where the bugs live. Anyway, one new feature I will be putting up is Bug of the Day. Today's Bug of the Day is the walkingstick! Another feature is polls. I will frequently be putting up polls. Anyway, let this planet live happily ever after!