Cicada Nymph Skin |
"Fresh" Cicada |
Wings More Developed |
While we didn't get to see it break out of it's nymph phase case, we saw it right after, as the wings took shape. It was cruising up the moss to higher on the tree where it broke out. NPR currently has a great timelapse photo series of one breaking out.
Does anyone have any thoughts on the exact species this is?
Additional Information
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/04/02/176012068/sing-fly-mate-die-here-come-the-cicadas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
I found one at my front door in Marinwood. I didn't know we had cicadas in Marin. This is as close to identification I could find. This site is a good source for bug ID. http://bugguide.net/node/view/403411/bgimage
ReplyDeleteThanks Allison, that is a good resource.
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