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17-Year CicadaPosted by Betty (Phillipsburg, United States) on 23 August 2009 in Animal & Insect.
Comments (16)
@Marion: These cicadas live underground for 17 years and emerge in the thousands every 17 years. Their noise (chirping) can be heard all over. It's an amazing sight to see them by the hundreds of thousands in certain areas. This cicada was in a group that emerged at Merrill Creek Reservoir. Their noise was deafening! daniela scharnowski from Berlin, GermanyA good angle Betty, and wonderful dof & composition, would be great here if you put the focus on the eye. if this cicade -I guess the 17 y just the name of this - it surely will not be that old? oO 23 Aug 2009 9:03am john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United StatesVery nice macro. Thanks for your response to Marion. 23 Aug 2009 2:53pm Bill Brown from California, United StatesVery nice capture. I was also curious about the 17-year thing. Found this explanation on the internet: http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/ 23 Aug 2009 3:59pm MJ from Delaware, United Statesgreat shot betty... I love the upclose view.... I remember the sound... we had some in our yard also....I also heard them when I was in China.... 23 Aug 2009 5:44pm Magda from Vancouver, CanadaSo interesting..... Thank you for sharing! 23 Aug 2009 10:51pm Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United StatesExcellent, Betty. This brings me memories. Terrific macro. 23 Aug 2009 11:37pm Chris from South Jersey, United StatesI have heard them around my house as well, but haven't seen any pods yet - great capture of a remarkable (if a bit gross) creature..... 23 Aug 2009 11:47pm Nadia Olisa from Canberra, AustraliaEEK! is that thing alive?!? the details are incredible..haha great shot! 24 Aug 2009 1:15am Craig from Vacaville, California, United StatesThese guys are too ugly! Great shot! 25 Aug 2009 9:06am Anita from West Nottingham, United StatesNice depth of field and capture. These are ugly looking critters. Wonder what that is on its nose. 28 Aug 2009 12:05am @Anita: This being an empty "shell", since I took this I have always wondered what that was. Looks like another bug, but it would have to be so super tiny! |
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