Sunday, September 13, 2009

Yikes! What Is This?

It may be a little hard to see, but The Herbal Husband found this insect shell attached to a raspberry leaf the other day.  He always likes to scare/surprise me with these little gems!  The more scared I am, the better!  He thinks it's a bee molt, but I'm not sure. I'm thinking it's a cicada.  Click on the picture to enlarge it.  I'm going to a Master Gardener recognition ceremony in a little while and I'm going to take it there.  See what my fellow master gardeners think!  You can take a guess if you want and I'll let you know later.  P.S.  Tufa Girl is correct.  It is a cicada skeleton!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I'm thinking cicada.

Lemon Verbena Lady said...

You are correct, Cindy! My colleague on Gardenline agreed with you and me! She said it reminded of her of Iowa as a little girl with a periodical cicada outbreak. Thanks for guessing!

Comfrey Cottages said...

we see these pretty regularly here nancy! a bee molt? what is that?

Lemon Verbena Lady said...

The dear Herbal Husband thought it looked like a bee! What can I say! I just try to keep him on course! LOL! Hugs to you for stopping by Leslie!