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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:04 pm

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Psaltoda harrisii (yellowbelly cicada) female emerging from her nymphal exuvidae (larval skin) - she hasn't coloured up yet, as she is still hardening up her exoskeleton, and the blue colouration is the colour of the haemolymph (insect blood) coursing through the veins, and pumping up the wings :)

So this has become Entomology lecture 2 :)

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Postby BBJ on Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:07 pm

WOW Rel, loverly shot there and all those long words.LOL Outa my league im afraid, but bloody good looking pic, well done.
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Postby Geoff on Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:38 pm

Stunning Rel!
I love viewing your posts and pics - this is certainly no exception.
I can't wait to show my niece and nephew this image, as they are yet to see a 'real' cicada, they love collecting their shells!! Thanks for sharing ;)
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:50 pm

Thanks guys :)
Geoff - this is for your niece and nephew - this is a male of the same species (same night), but gives a half decent view of the top of the cicada :)

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Postby Geoff on Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:59 pm

Fantastic stuff Rel :)
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Postby Glen on Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:57 am

Great stuff Rel :D Very interesting
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Postby Laurie on Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:39 am

how did they stay still for you long enough to poke a lens at them!

they look so disgusting! i should show them to my gf and get her reaction!

nice shots and great DOF
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Postby Yi-P on Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:55 am

2nd shot is stunning, looks like ones you see on national geographic magazines... 8)
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:11 am

Awesome stuff Rel, we don't seem to get any Cicada where we live now, but when I was growing up the trees would be black with them, literally 1000's of them in our backyard, we'd even feed the bass the occasion sick/dying one...
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