Interesting, Chuck. We seem to have some sort around every year, but this
is a bumper crop!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time
> As a result of this discussion I decided to learn a bit more about
> cicadas and discovered that the US has annual cicadas and 13 and 17 year
> cicadas. The annual cicadas actually have a 2-3 year life cycle but
> generations overlap such that we see some of them every year.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibicen>
> The 13 and 17 year types are of the same genus which contains three 17
> year species and four 13 year species.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magicicada>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 5/12/2011 9:27 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>> Well Jim, even with diminished hearing, when his billion-plus cousins
>> emerge you will likely hear them. Of course we get the usual Summer
>> Cicadas
>> here every year and I like them as a harbinger of the seasons. But these
>> 7
>> and 13 year emergences are a different kettle of fish. My brother-in-law
>> experienced one about a decade ago when he moved to Lynchburg, VA. He
>> sent
>> me some photos showing his yard about two inches deep with these
>> critters.
>> He went outside to sweep them away from the AC unit and claimed he
>> couldn't
>> even hear his own thoughts for the racket. Keep us posted on their
>> progress
>> Jim.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Jim
>> Nichols<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Bob. With my ears, I don't hear much of their disturbance.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bob Whitmire"<bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:27 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good captures, for sure, but I still prefer to hear the little buggers
>>>> rather than see them.
>>>>
>>>> --Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On May 11, 2011, at 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
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