Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Eastern Cicada Killer

Sphecius speciosus

Description:

An Eastern Cicada Killer with dinner! Focus was just a tad to deep.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

5 Comments

RyanWarner
RyanWarner 11 years ago

Yes he took it with him. He actually caught the cicada in mid air then landed on the tree and neutralized it. The cicada was buzzing and trying to get away. Pretty awesome to watch.

ShameerZaman
ShameerZaman 11 years ago

Great!!!!! FANTASTIC!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Wonderful action! When he flew, did he take the locust with him?

RyanWarner
RyanWarner 11 years ago

Thank You! I wanted to get more shots of the action but he flew off before I could get anymore.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Wow espectacular acción genial ::: en plena acción

RyanWarner
Spotted by
RyanWarner

York, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jul 30, 2012
Submitted on Jul 31, 2012

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Cicada Killer Wasp Cicada Killer Cicada Killer Wasp Eastern Cicada Killer Wasp

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Honey Bee Cicada Husks Daddy Long-Legger

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team