cicindela

Posted on 24 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Tonight I saw my first cicindela.

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    13 Responses to cicindela

    1. wanda says:
      24 May 2010 at 8:18 am

      Did it have feathers? Could it fly? Does it like sunflower seeds? I have no idea.

    2. pelerin says:
      24 May 2010 at 8:25 am

      Have just googled ‘cicindella’ – and wish I hadn’t! I hope we don’t have those in Britain! And I thought it was an item of ecclesiastical clothing.

    4. wanda says:
      24 May 2010 at 8:39 am

      Firefly? Shooting star? Vampire Bat? Yetti?

    6. Discipula says:
      24 May 2010 at 8:55 am

      Cicindelas are beautiful beetles and perfectly harmless. They usually live by bodies of water. So, Fr. Z where were you when you saw the cicindela?

    7. irishgirl says:
      24 May 2010 at 9:23 am

      So, they’re fireflies?

      If they are, they’re kind of nice to see on a summer’s night.

      Normally, I am not fond of bugs…only ones I like are butterflies and ladybirds…bugs creep me out!

      pelerin-’I thought it was an article of ecclesiastical clothing’…oh, that’s funny!

    8. wanda says:
      24 May 2010 at 9:31 am

      It was a firefly, really? It seems early in the season, but, that’s nice. One of God’s many amazing little wonders.

      (I wonder if the aroma of Sunday’s Supper attracted him?)

    9. tygirwulf says:
      24 May 2010 at 12:06 pm

      I don’t usually say this, but what a pretty bug!

    10. Maxiemom says:
      24 May 2010 at 4:37 pm

      I’ll trade you about a thousand stink bugs for one of those.

    11. AnAmericanMother says:
      24 May 2010 at 4:47 pm

      I’ll trade you 400 million mosquitoes, give or take a few million.

      Caution: Georgia mosquitoes must be registered under the cow ordinance.

      And don’t even get me started on the deerflies. Those things draw blood!

    12. Geremia says:
      24 May 2010 at 9:27 pm

      From Lewis & Short:
      cicind?la , ae, f. candela,
      I. a glowworm

      From the NOAD:
      a soft-bodied beetle with luminescent organs in the abdomen, esp. the larvalike wingless female, which emits light to attract the flying male.
      • Families Lampyridae and Phengodidae: several genera numerous species including the American Zarhipis integripennis.

      Here’s a picture of a male American version taken on Palomar Mtn. in California, and a movie of the females.

    13. The Cobbler says:
      24 May 2010 at 10:59 pm

      Take me out to the black
      Tell them I ain’t comin’ back
      Burn the land and boil the sea
      You can’t take the sky from me