{"id":2024,"date":"2013-07-10T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2013-07-10T06:33:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T11:33:27","slug":"cicada-killers-or-cicadaswhich-is-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/10\/cicada-killers-or-cicadaswhich-is-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicada Killers Or Cicadas\u2026Which Is Worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the year of the cicada as they have come to the surface after being underground for the past 17 years.\u00a0 It is anticipated that the cicadas have outnumbered humans 600 to 1 from North Carolina to Connecticut!\u00a0 For those who have encountered cicada\u2019s creeping around their plants, littered on their porches, crawling on their windows, or making noise up in their trees, they might just ask\u2026\u201dWhich is worse, the cicada\u2019s or the cicada killers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of the cicadas is an occasional occurrence so most people do mind them too much.\u00a0 Some people even anticipate their arrival and enjoy a good meal out of them.\u00a0 One critter that eagerly anticipates their arrival and will gladly invade a cicada nest is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/stinging-insects\/index.php\">cicada killer wasp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/stinging-insects\/index.php\">cicada killer wasps<\/a> are large wasps that are often found to be up to two inches in length.\u00a0 They are brown or black in color and easily distinguishable by their amber colored wings and yellow stripes.\u00a0 Cicada killers build their nests in the ground, typically in areas where dirt in loose.\u00a0 Sandy areas such as the edge of golf courses, or a child\u2019s sandbox will attract the cicada killers.<\/p>\n<p>In the springtime, the males will emerge from the nesting spot first and then the females.\u00a0 The females will then begin to build and nest for what will become the next generation of cicada killers.\u00a0 The loose soil or sand makes for easy digging for the wasp.\u00a0 Lawns are also used as nesting areas for cicada killer wasps.\u00a0 The nests are often made in close proximity to where cicada nests are made so that the wasps can easily steal cicadas and their developing larvae.\u00a0 They are then encased with the developing cicada killer wasp larvae to feed upon while they are developing of the coming winter months.<\/p>\n<p>Cicada killer wasp females can deliver a painful sting if provoked or disturbed.\u00a0 You can have these pesky wasps removed by calling a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/home-pest-control\/index.php\">Monmouth County, NJ exterminator<\/a> like Allison Pest Control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the year of the cicada as they have come to the surface after being underground for the past 17 years.\u00a0 It is anticipated that the cicadas have outnumbered humans 600 to 1 from North Carolina to Connecticut!\u00a0 For those who have encountered cicada\u2019s creeping around their plants, littered on their porches, crawling on their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[58,26],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cicada Killers Or Cicadas\u2026Which Is Worse? 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