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Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 20:21:47 -0400
Some very nice macro shots, Jim.

Chuck Norcutt


On 5/11/2011 10:26 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> We are told that the 13-year Cicadas are coming out of hibernation in Middle 
> Tennessee.  When I picked up the newspaper this morning, I saw one clinging 
> to the mailbox post.
>
> The first image shows the recently emerged Cicada clinging to its old shell 
> while drying out.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cicada+63.jpg.html
>
> The second image shows the size and markings of the Cicada.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cicada+64.jpg.html
>
> It is still amazing to me that all of that insect can emerge from a slit in 
> the back of the shell.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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