Cicadas :)

[vabeachrob]

Cicadas are pretty neat, and really loud!! Heres some pics i took, didnt take the animated one though, got it of wikipedia..

Nymph

Cicadas

Animation if it molting

 

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[MiniMe]

Cool Pics...they are very loud, weird looking and hurt when they accidentally fly into you.

 

[Montana Jim]

Rob - cool pcs of the shell! I remember back in upstate NY growing up those things would be stuck to the trees in our yard.

They are fascinating.

 

[Ralphw]

man I hate those things... and my dog really likes em

 

[-Jones-]

vabeachrob,

They're really buzzin here in MO. I can hear right now and I'm in the basement!

Nice pics!

 

[River Rat]

Great pics, Rob. They're buzzing here too.

RR

 

[poppa19]

looks like a giant house fly, I have seen a few here in ny this summer

 

[Ralphw]

looks like a giant house fly, I have seen a few here in ny this summer

very light year for them at my house which is fine with me...