Critter? (Solved!)

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

No....when there's no activity, all of their little heads (or whatever they are) fill the holes, right at the surface...they blend in with the color of the dirt...then, when they are disturbed, they all simultaneously shoot back down under the ground, and the holes "appear"

Urgh, that sounds like a really creepy experience!
You know all those nutters online that shriek that they have that phobia of lots of tiny holes? "trypophobia". Internet invented "phobia"... they'd love this!

These are the critters in question, not cicadas...once cicadas emerge from their holes, they never go back

I can't think of any off the top of my head now, but I know for sure that there are mammals and insects that will take over and use a burrow that something else made. I bet there are insects or arachnids that utilise empty cicada burrows as a hidey hole.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Urgh, that sounds like a really creepy experience!
You know all those nutters online that shriek that they have that phobia of lots of tiny holes? "trypophobia". Internet invented "phobia"... they'd love this!


I can't think of any off the top of my head now, but I know for sure that there are mammals and insects that will take over and use a burrow that something else made. I bet there are insects or arachnids that utilise empty cicada burrows as a hidey hole.

Oh, I'm sure other critters use cicada holes for such things, yes...

 

[Rocky998]

No....when there's no activity, all of their little heads (or whatever they are) fill the holes, right at the surface...they blend in with the color of the dirt...then, when they are disturbed, they all simultaneously shoot back down under the ground, and the holes "appear"

Thats kinda creepy...

 

[Oblio]

Cicadas themselves are fascinating creatures, too

The 3 Stages of the Cicada Life Cycle - Wildlife Informer

Periodical cicadas spend many years underground preparing to emerge. In this article we'll learn about the 3 stages of the cicada life cycle.

wildlifeinformer.com

Consider that in the periodic species, the life cycle period is a prime number to reduce brood hatching season overlap, and thus lowering predation loss.
To see why this is, without math theory, lay out a timeline of multiples of 13 and 17 years and and see when they line up. Then repeat with 12 and 16 (or other non-primes)

 

[DragonScales+Doubletails]

have you considered catching a critter?

 

[Slaphppy7]

have you considered catching a critter?

Yes, I'm going to give it a try this weekend

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Yes, I'm going to give it a try this weekend

I'm gonna hold you to that you know! Better get to making that pooter

 

[Slaphppy7]

I'm gonna hold you to that you know! Better get to making that pooter

Over here, pooter means something "a bit" different than insect trap

 

[Back in the fold]

Jerusalem Cricket .

 

[Colin_T]

Without a decent picture of the critter and being able to count the legs (insects have 6 legs, spiders have 8), I am going with either tiny groundhogs or burrowing spiders, which include the trapdoor spiders. Some have a trapdoor and others don't. They also need a week or so to make the door, so depending on how long they have been there for, they might not have the materials to build the door or haven't gotten around to it yet.

You need to catch one, count the legs and get photos. Send the pictures and video to the museum or to a university biology department and one of those places should be able to identify the creatures.

 

[Slaphppy7]

I have new video. Very interesting video.

Stay tuned.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Spilled beer isn't always necessarily a bad thing....

 

[JuiceBox52]

The suspense!!! Its killing me!!!

 

[Slaphppy7]

The vid was taken on my phone, apparently 2:45 worth of video can't be sent to my email without editing, we're working on it now...

It'll be worth the wait, promise....this is no spider, no cricket, no cicada, and no larvae that I know of

It's a killer*

*Cue the duh-duh-duh music...

 

[Rocky998]

The vid was taken on my phone, apparently 2:45 worth of video can't be sent to my email without editing, we're working on it now...

It'll be worth the wait, promise....this is no spider, no cricket, no cicada, and no larvae that I know of

It's a killer*

*Cue the duh-duh-duh music...

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE HURRY WITH IT!