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Monday, October 7, 2013

A BUG'S LIFE - PICTURES OF CICADA BREAKING FREE FROM ITS LARVA SHELL


Amazing images of a cicada breaking free from its larva shell and unfurling its wings as an adult insect

  • Professional photographer Thomas Marent took the pictures in Palmerston National Park in Queensland, Australia

  • The transformation of bug to adult insect took approximately 30 minutes

  • When the vibrant cicada emerges, it gradually spreads its soft and wet wings, which need to be dried out


  • Facts about cicadas

  • There are 2,500 species of cicada that are related to leafhoppers and spittlebugs, despite often being referred to as locusts.

  • Adult insets measure between 2 to 5cm long, although the largest species, Pomponia, is 7cm long and has a wing span of 20cms.

  • Males have 'tymbals' on the sides of their abdominal bases to 'sing' while their hollow abdomen amplifies the sound.

  • Some of the insects produce sounds up to 120 decibels - which are among the loudest of all insect sounds.

  • In addition to a mating song, they also have a distress call - an erratic noise they make if they are attacked and seized.

  • Some species also have a courting song that is quieter and is produced once a female is drawn by the calling song.


  • Read more and see pictures - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2448427/A-bugs-life-The-amazing-images-cicada-breaking-free-larva-shell-unfurling-wings-adult-insect.html


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