"These are a few of my favorite things..."
We took step by step~ moment to moment photographs
of several Cicadas this past Thursday!
They love the five Maple trees in our front yard~
Sharing one Cicada's journey...
Our little Green Jeans!
We found this one just starting to split...
Our own little Olympian~
We were trying to be quiet... move slow...
I had to be within 6" to take these photograph~
(Chariots of Fire music... domm, dom, dom, dom, dommm, dom....)
Amazed~
Their shells stay tight to the tree!
Staying close to my first home...
Wings are starting to open up...
TaDa!
Our beautiful friend~
This was a favorite photo...
"Upside down!"
Hope your week is off to a beautiful start~
o my!! We have those here in arizona..I do not like them! As a kid my younger brother would chase em with them because he KNEW I was scared LOL. We called then locus. YUCKO!
ReplyDeleteI love their wings! What beautiful colours.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this! I found it fascinating to see the birth of a cicada - something I've never been privy to. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful shots you got...
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at these...
Great job!!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
Such wonderful photos! Never thought I'd enjoy looking at pictures of cicadas!! But they are just so cool! And you captured their beauty!!
ReplyDeleteHugs to you! Hope all is well!
Becky
Michelle, you did such a wonderful job of capturing that little one's transformation! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSmiles,
Deb :o)
Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing set of pictures.I've never seen a cicada except in an old origami book and that was made from paper.
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