Emerging Cicadas (64K Warning)

Beautiful!!!! Love how you caught the stages it went through. We had a huge cicada showing here in MD, a couple of years ago... I miss their sound... it was so mesmerizing.

Very lovely series Leo - this is something you don't always get to see, thank you! Very sharp, lovely colours. They really are finely textured!

Dave

waussie wrote:
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.

Thanks, Waussie! I am glad that I saw this process first-handed. Emerging is one of the most exciting thing to see

dazzlebea wrote:
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

Thanks! I am glad that I captured this moment and am able to sharing it with all of you Wish I could capture more in the future

Thanks, Elphaba! I think this guy came out a bit early as they usually come out in August. I don't see another cicada around Thanks again!

Thanks, Dave! I certainly agree with you that we don't see this often. I think I am just lucky enough to spot this guy coming out from the ground. On top of that, I actually did not expect to see cicadas around this time of the year, as they normally come out in August.

Excelent series Leo.

Amazing captures!

Paul / Becky - Thank you very much! I'm glad you like them

EXCELLENT series! I especially like 5, 6, and 11.

Wonderful shots, Leo. This series brings back childhood memories from 50 years ago. We would catch as many of these coming out of the ground as we could and set them on our screen door. Brown (orange yellow when wet) were common, the blue green ones were quite rare. I remember thinking those were some of the prettiest colors I had ever seen. I felt my memory must have exagerated that, but your captures bring it all back, including the three orange red "eyes". Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks for your very kind words, Athena! #5 & #6 are definitely my favorites too

Mark - I am glad that you enjoyed the series. I wish I could do what you did when you were a kid. It must be really fun doing this. If I see that many here, I probably would still do what you described Thank you for sharing your experience

awesome series.... now i know how they emerge.... thanks for sharing!

kross - thanks for your kind words. I'm glad that you like it

Very impressive... Great follow thru on the shots capturing its progress from the larva stage to adult (i think thats what one would call it). The images are very crisp clear and the color is great.