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Metamorphosisby ~nele102

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Invertebrates

This summer in the evenings (the sun had just disappeared beyond the horizon) I saw several cicads sitting on the grass and moulting. This one had just finished its final moult and was spreading its wings.

Probably it is Aphrophora major as I saw adult individuals of the same species at the same location (a highmoor in northern germany) a few days ago.

More info: [link] (unfortunately only in german)

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~Lentekriebel Mar 6, 2008

Great timing!

~duggiehoo Feb 29, 2008

Might as well just fave the whole gallery! Awesome! Magnificent!

~struller Dec 22, 2007 Professional Photographer

klasse. dies kannte ich noch nict, nur die version die du mal im nf gezeigt hast.

wünsche dir ein frohes fest und ein gesundes und erfolgreiches neues jahr

~Bullter Dec 22, 2007

Beautiful !

~nele102 Dec 18, 2007

Hi and thanks for your comments!

@ Vassilis
No, cicads and insects like grasshoppers, dragonflies etc. moult (= peel away the old skin) several times in there lifespan until they get adult. Here you can see its final moult. It is a partial (simple) metamorphosis in contrast to insects which do a complete metamorphosis with a pupal stadium like butterflies, beetles etc..

@ Kathrin
Freut mich, dass dir das Bild so gefällt.

Für mich war das die erste Zikadenhäutung, die ich gesehen hab.

Greetings
Nele

~LemnosExplorer Dec 18, 2007 Professional Artist

so, these are young cicada coming out from an adult one ? Or their birth from a female cicada ?

~Dolore Dec 17, 2007

Perfect shot! I'd like to see that one day..

~perpetua86 Dec 16, 2007 Photographer

this is awesome! what a beautiful moment...!!!

*Hands-and-Teeth Dec 16, 2007 Professional General Artist

you're so lucky, I've never actually witnessed that before.

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