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“I made an exception with this one,” he said, arguing the content had irresistible educational value because the cicada killer often gets confused with the Asian giant hornet.

Your new friend is a female cicada killer.

The cicada, now completely immobilized and buried alive, remains fresh food for the developing cicada killer larva for as long as it lives.

Since females are attracted to existing mounds, if you have one cicada killer wasp, you will likely have dozens of them so look for multiple holes and mounds.

Here’s video of what she saw when she glanced down at the lawn: The predator was an eastern cicada killer wasp and its prey, an annual cicada.