I'm stuck in insect mode at the moment. This morning I found a cicada on one of my photo back drops. Cicadas first live underground where they live as nymphs sucking on the juices from tree roots. They come above ground to molt. After molting the male cicadas then begin their frenzied, noisy search for a receptive female to breed with. The female lays eggs and when the nymphs hatch they burrow down into the soil and attach themselves to tree roots to feed. Some species only come to the surface to breed every seventeen years. They are one weird looking bug. By the way they don't bite or sting though they are kind of grabby with those legs.
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chris
I have seen them on discovery. Nice capture.
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Thank you Rohan Kanade. They are very fairly common here in summer where i live in Northern California
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ReplyDeleteCicadas are very numerous in New Zealand, especially in the North Island. All my summer memories are backed with the singing of these careful insects. In NZ outdoor filming can be blighted (at least to the film maker) by the constant noise. Spring is heralded by the empty cases of the larva found clinging by their holow legs to the lower parts of tree trunks. I used to collect them in matchboxes as a kid.
ReplyDeleteAll your other photographs are stupendously sharp and beautifully coloured. Long may you reign.
Thank you very much, Johnny SeagullI really appreciate the compliment. That must have been fun as a child collecting all those casings.You are right about the noise. they can be rather loud. It would be hard to make a movie around them!
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