Cicada Killer Wasp facts: you'll be surprised who does the actual killing | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a wasp that eats cicadas. I mean, to be fair, what else were you expecting? EDIT: According to geonerd the wasp seen at 1:45 is a European hornet, not a cicada killer. Sorry for the mix up! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: Steven Gadsby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zIFHPl5rEg kengi2000 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWZK80ugpY Willian McNeill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhos8l7C0X4 Credits via Flickr: Gordon - https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeymashbutton/5950175374; https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeymashbutton/5949621895; https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeymashbutton/5950172464 Katja Schulz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/40085389235; https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/26107653237; https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/26107650917; https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/26107650437 Larry Koester - https://www.flickr.com/photos/larrywkoester/29194603637 bradhoc - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradhoc/9305510092 Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/36352143426; https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/5972534838; https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/5971976667 Steve Snodgrass - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/6067722724 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/6067723012 Praxis Eco Pest Control - https://www.flickr.com/photos/144288504@N03/29345526863 NY State IPM Program at Cornell University - https://www.flickr.com/photos/99758165@N06/14725758505 normalityrelief - https://www.flickr.com/photos/normalityrelief/2723191704 Credits via Wiki Users: Steve Andrijw - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ASphecius_speciosus_with_cicada.webm xpda - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sphecius_speciosus_P1280177a.jpg Larcolt - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cicada_Killer_with_2_Cidas_.jpg NBonawitz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus#/media/File:Sphecius_cicada_killer.JPG Zzzeek - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus#/media/File:Cicada_Killer.jpg Websites used for research collection: https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef004 https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Cicada-Killer https://entomologytoday.org/2013/07/24/cicada-killer-wasps-have-emerged/ https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/cicada-killer-wasps https://bugguide.net/node/view/514 http://entoweb.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/cicadakiller.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/nyregion/cicada-killer-wasp.html https://books.google.com/books?id=zffAAwAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=80hfjiKWpYsC https://books.google.com/books?id=9MkK4h249w4C https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347266800210 http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/10-facts-about-cicada-killer-wasps/ https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/3297/V43N01_032.pdf http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156853963x00248 *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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