Well, I must confess that our house has become home to many different 'neighbors'. We have a cat living here, with four kittens (born two days ago). We also have a couple of cats that hang around our house, trying to eat our cat's food.

I've seen an occasional rabbit, some squirrels, and some other creatures that live on our property.

But none of them are as majestic as Herb, the Eastern Cicada Killer, who lives inside a fence post that surrounds our garden area.

We discovered Herb a couple of weeks ago. Looking out the window, my family observed the giant-sized cousin to the wasp flying around our garden. After several days of observation, I discovered that he had made his home in one of the fence posts outside.

Every day, I can see him, buzzing around his fence-post, his home.

I guess that my family is forever in debt to Herb, for killing off the loud Cicadas, and feeding them to his kids.

Watch for Cicada Killers near your house. Their burrows are normally small holes near house foundations or in the ground. They live in the Eastern and Mid-West America, and also in Mexico (the Eastern Cicada Killer. There are lots of different types of these, but this specific type is in the above area.)

Believe me. Nothing beats seeing one of these beauties buzzing around your house. Nothing.

Well, maybe chocolate ice-cream. :-)

~Nick

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