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Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 10:52:39 -0500
Thanks for looking, Charlie.  So far, I have only seen a few.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time


>  Well Jim, even with diminished hearing, when his billion-plus cousins
> emerge you will likely hear them. Of course we get the usual Summer 
> Cicadas
> here every year and I like them as a harbinger of the seasons. But these 7
> and 13 year emergences are a different kettle of fish. My brother-in-law
> experienced one about a decade ago when he moved to Lynchburg, VA. He sent
> me some photos showing his yard about two inches deep with these critters.
> He went outside to sweep them away from the AC unit and claimed he 
> couldn't
> even hear his own thoughts for the racket. Keep us posted on their 
> progress
> Jim.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Jim Nichols 
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Bob.  With my ears, I don't hear much of their disturbance.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time
>>
>>
>> > Good captures, for sure, but I still prefer to hear the little buggers
>> > rather than see them.
>> >
>> > --Bob
>> >
>> >
>> > On May 11, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> >
>> >> We are told that the 13-year Cicadas are coming out of hibernation in
>> >> Middle Tennessee.  When I picked up the newspaper this morning, I saw
>> one
>> >> clinging to the mailbox post.
>> >>
>> >> The first image shows the recently emerged Cicada clinging to its old
>> >> shell while drying out.
>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cicada+63.jpg.html
>> >>
>> >> The second image shows the size and markings of the Cicada.
>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cicada+64.jpg.html
>> >>
>> >> It is still amazing to me that all of that insect can emerge from a 
>> >> slit
>> >> in the back of the shell.
>> >>
>> >
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