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Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 25, 2009
12:07 PM Post #6737004
| Anyone know which cicada this is? I got some great picture of a moult and I'd like to add them to BugFiles.
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Lily_love
Central, AL
(Zone 7b)
June 26, 2009
04:59 PM Post #6742509
| I'll bump this up for more viewers. Pretty Cicada, and wow it appears it has just molted. |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 26, 2009
06:06 PM Post #6742742
| Thanks, the green on the wings is unbelievable. Here are more pictures:
http://www.xeramtheum.com/cicada.htm
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Lily_love
Central, AL
(Zone 7b)
June 26, 2009
06:15 PM Post #6742770
| X, the colouring is incredible!!! Such clarity, great photography! |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 26, 2009
07:17 PM Post #6742954
| Thanks .. I just wish I could have waited until he "dried" but I had to go.
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JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
June 28, 2009
09:14 PM Post #6751462
| Bump, but have to say what a neat color that it has! |
suunto
Sinks Grove, WV
June 28, 2009
09:54 PM Post #6751590
| This appears to be one of the so-called 'dog-day' cicadas that have a much shorter life cycle (usually 2-5 years) than that of the well-known periodical cicadas (13 or 17 years); it may be in the genus Tibicen - see http://tinyurl.com/5ed84m for images and more information. |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 28, 2009
10:09 PM Post #6751638
| I guess I'll check with my guy at Clemson and see if they can confirm. Thanks!
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victorgardener
Lower Hudson Valley, NY
(Zone 6b)
June 28, 2009
10:11 PM Post #6751652
| Great shots! |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 28, 2009
10:45 PM Post #6751793
| Thanks! Just sorry I couldn't stay for the finish.
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vickyinga
Dawsonville, GA
June 30, 2009
01:13 PM Post #6759070
| Amazing shot!!!! Breathtaking!!!
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Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 30, 2009
01:40 PM Post #6759227
| Thanks! |
cedar18
Lula, GA
(Zone 7b)
June 30, 2009
02:11 PM Post #6759333
| Truly wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing. I am so impressed with the pictures taken by some of the DGers. How cool that you got to see this. Darn those clients! Wait, the client may have "paid for" the camera you used, so I guess we'll un-darn them. :) |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 30, 2009
03:25 PM Post #6759645
| Thanks .. here is another extreme closeup .. 8.2 mb .. I'm curious about that white stringy stuff in the upper right .
http://www.xeramtheum.com/Cicada_8_6-25-9.jpg
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suunto
Sinks Grove, WV
June 30, 2009
03:34 PM Post #6759682
| The white 'strings' that appear to originate within the brown shell of the nymph are the old linings of the cicada's tracheal tubes that conducted air/oxygen to its tissues. |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 30, 2009
04:04 PM Post #6759827
| Thanks! I didn't have a clue as to what it was.
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victorgardener
Lower Hudson Valley, NY
(Zone 6b)
June 30, 2009
04:35 PM Post #6759954
| Wow! What did its breath smell like?!!  That is one ugly bug. |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 30, 2009
04:58 PM Post #6760054
| Lol .. but there are some amazing colors! I was looking really hard at the top view to see if there was a "suture" line on the newly moulted one that allows for the splitting of the old "skin"? when it's ready to moult and on the hard parts you can see it .. just barely.
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Lily_love
Central, AL
(Zone 7b)
June 30, 2009
09:04 PM Post #6761058
| Now I just realized how they got the idea to make those Aliens movies -- they've watch Cicadas molting!!! LOL. |
Xeramtheum
Summerville, SC
(Zone 8a)
June 30, 2009
09:14 PM Post #6761119
| Nah .. H.R. Giger is responsible for the Aliens Movie .. search his name in google images .. his artwork is astonishing and scary.
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