Comments on: Cicada nymph skin

By: sublunary

sublunary — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:26:09 +0000

Wow, I used to love playing with these skins as a kid. (And the mymphs and adults when we could catch them) It bothered my mother to no end.

However, that last picture, with the earwig poking out of the skin, really freaks me out for some reason. Makes my skin crawl in a way bugs usually don’t.

By: K T Cat

K T Cat — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:50:09 +0000

Finally! A photogrpahy subject that doesn’t try to run away, fly off, squirm about or bite and pinch you.

Unless it’s a zombie cicada. You need to watch for that. There’ve been reports of zombie cicadas up in your neck of the woods.

(Another outstanding post!)

By: Moe

Moe — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:13:08 +0000

We get the Tibicen linnei cicada down here in Iowa/Illinois. And we see the shells everywhere, too. Great photos!

By: Drhoz

Drhoz — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:56:10 +0000

Earwig! Cool beans!

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:15:16 +0000

First of all, the earwig-in-a-skin picture is awesome. Nice photo.

Second, this article would be freakishly scary if today was opposite day. Here’s the way I accidentally read one of the sentences above:

Those honking big, hooklike front legs are adapted not for digging, but for carving out chunks of flesh.