In a way, it is their age. The brood comes to the surface every 17 years to
mate, reproduce and die. The new brood goes below to continue. Thanks for
the compliment, Andrew.
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:23 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Been away...
> on 2004/05/16 10:28 PM, Mickey Trageser at Gad-Zuiks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
>
> > I recently shot a series of
> > the emergence of a 17 year cicada from it's shell with the Zuiko 50/3.5
> > macro and T32 flash. You can see a description of the gear used here:
> > <http://www.outdooreyes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9337&highlight=>
> >
> > The actual series is here:
> > http://www.outdooreyes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9333&highlight=
>
> Now that's cool. I especially like the frontal (ventral) extreme closeup.
> The eyes make it. Great series.
>
> Another naive question: what's a 17 year cicada? That's not their age is
it?
>
> Andrew
>
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