Emerging Cicadas (64K Warning)

I saw this guy coming out from the soil at about 8:00pm. I kept checking on this guy, but it didn't have any sign of emerging until 11:00pm. Here are some pics that I took. The last pic was taken at about 1:00am and I just couldn't stay awake to see further development. Anyway, hope you enjoy the series

#1 - Just came out from the ground at about 8:00pm

Great series They are very sharp with lot of detail. I really like the color of the wings in the last two

Impressive That's the first time I've seen this process though they are fairly common here. Well done and thanks for sharing

Omri Alon wrote:
Great series They are very sharp with lot of detail. I really like the color of the wings in the last two

Thanks! I too love the color of the wings. It's like jade Just beautiful

melvynyeo wrote:
Impressive That's the first time I've seen this process though they are fairly common here. Well done and thanks for sharing

Thanks Melvyn! This is very common here as well, but it's only my first time observing this. I usually just see the empty shell The next thing I would like to observe is emerging dragonfly , but I think I need to wake up very early in the moring

Leo, this has to be one of your Best Series, I am very jealous. Fantastic Work and Extremely Impressive. Kudos to you Sir.

What a great series, do they hibernate in the soil, or are they born there and come up and shed their skin. I have to agree on the excelent wing colour

fantastic series Leo great colours and all are very sharp

Amazingly beautiful series- excellent. These newly emerged bugs have such wonderful colour- always reminds me of jade or frosted glass.
Brian V.

Bald Eagle wrote:
Leo, this has to be one of your Best Series, I am very jealous. Fantastic Work and Extremely Impressive. Kudos to you Sir.

BE, thanks for your extremely kind words. I was just lucky to encounter such an amazing instance

MAH wrote:
What a great series, do they hibernate in the soil, or are they born there and come up and shed their skin. I have to agree on the excelent wing colour

Hi Mark, these guys actually actively live underground. They can live underground for as many as 17 years before they come up to the surface. Sadly, once they come up, their life span is about a couple of weeks Thanks!

Thanks, Alan! I too love the colors of this guy.

Thanks, Brian! I have to agree with you thta newly emerged bugs are so beautiful and have wonderful colors. I always enjoy seeing them emerging from one stage to another Hopefully, I will have a chance to see an emerging dragonfly Thanks!

Amazing series, amazing pictures, did I mention the series is amazing?
I don't usually look in the Macro forum as macro for the sake of macro does nothing for me.
You certainly used it well to show that process.

Just poking my head into the macro forum for a quick look-see and wow am I glad I did!!! Outstanding work and yes, I think #6 looks cute