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What's the Buzzz!!


What's the Buzzz!!
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Copyright: Thomas Bardin (Pentaxian) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 13 W: 1 N: 50] (304)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-23
Categories: Nature
Camera: Pentax K10D, Pentax SMC-A* 200mm f/2.8 ED
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/13 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-08 8:57
Viewed: 257
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taking you back to summer in the woods!!!

Annual Cicadas can be recognized by their characteristic shape and large size. But it is the song of the cicada that people remember most. The loud buzzing sound is made only by males, and is produced by vibrating internal structures within their abdomen to attract the females.

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/michigan_cicadas/Periodical/mp3sounds/cassinichor.mp3
(Courtesy University of Michigan Museaum of Zoology)

The annual Cicada is a large, blackish insect with greenish markings and large, clear wings. They appear each year in July and August. Usually found in treetops, the adult cicadas will lay eggs on twigs of trees and shrubs.
The eggs hatch in a month and the nymphs drop to the ground, where they quickly burrow into the soil.
They spend much of their life underground feeding on roots. When the nymphs emerge from the ground, around April and May, they attach themselves to trees and molt to become adults.

It is the exoskeleton of the nymph that people commonly find in their yards and on sides of trees in the summer

The 3/4 - 2 inch long adult cicadas will live for at least a month. They rarely eat during this period because their main goal is to reproduce so that the life cycle continues.
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Hi Thomas.

Nice marco and the thing thad made my attention was splited image. Blury and shar areas is something I like the most.

C U!

Greetz.
David

hi thomas, interesting bug, i like the white behind it as it seems to glow! nice comp. and details, happy saturday!
tfs,
scott

Boa Noite Thomas
Excelent capture.
Wonderful to study as your note.
Always learning.
Have a good Night
Um abraço
teresa

hey Thomas
nice close-up capture
lovely details and color
regards
T

Hi Tom,

a good attempt capturing a cicadas.
unlike some other insects, this one is less aggressive and there are plenty of opportunities to capture them with better composition.
don't worry, pal, this insect does not bite. fear not to capture them.
just recently i captured a cicadas changing skin. will post it here soon.

TFS
regards
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