I was trying my darndest to think back to a time that I participated in science inquiry as an adult. I was digging through some old photos and BAM. I remembered that one time where I was forced to inquire. SWARM OF UNGODLY FLYING MINI MONSTERS I MEAN CICADAS. Do you remember that? How could you not?
Begin cycle of "Eww! What in the world? I'm gonna take a picture!"
"Eww! What in the world? I'm gonna take a picture!" #1:
Well, I had a hunch, but it turns out that I did indeed catch these cicadas in a....private moment. They were using their wings for some privacy and I just obnoxiously snapped a picture. My deepest apologies to them, but I did learn that male cicadas have a drum-like thing in their bellies to call out to females to invite them, and a female gives him a thumbs up by rubbing her wings together in a certain way. Neat!
"Eww! What in the world? I'm gonna take a picture!"#2:
This is the weirdest thing in the world, yes? I thought that I had snapped a pic of the rare albino cicada, but after a little digging, I was disappointed to find out that this was not the case. It turns out that teneral adult cicadas are white just after their final molt, but darken within an hour. Still pretty cool, I suppose.
"Eww! What in the world? I'm gonna take a picture!" #3:
A cicada got stuck in my hair while I was driving. Relationship over.
I'm down with bugs and all, but that albino cicada is what true fear is made of!
ReplyDeleteThose darn cicadas are one of the bugs that I simply cannot tolerate! I sat on one in my car once. I also had one that stayed on the left side mirror of my car going all the way from Antioch to Cool Springs. Needless to say, I sat in the mall parking lot for 20 minutes waiting on it to fly away! Don't judge me, lol.
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