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Is that a dog-kitten or a kit-dogen?
So it begins. The Screams of Summer arrive.jtbell said:Following up on my cicada a few posts back, here's a cicada nymph that has emerged from its 17 years underground and is apparently preparing to "hatch" into a mature cicada.
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I've also seen empty split-open nymph husks, but I don't think this is one of those. It looks intact. I should have gone around to look from the other side, too.
Correction: The "Great Southern Brood" (Brood XIX) emerges every 13 years, not 17.jtbell said:Following up on my cicada a few posts back, here's a cicada nymph that has emerged from its 17 years underground and is apparently preparing to "hatch" into a mature cicada.