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Posted by mark on Jul 28 2015 in Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Extreme Macro
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Cicada

It is summertime and the cicadas are singing... These are insects often heard but less often seen, since they emerge from the ground and fly up into the nearest tree or other roost as soon as possible. This unfortunate individual did not successfully complete metamorphosis  - one wind remained ill formed and the whole exuvia of its former shape was stuck to it. I found it thrashing helpless on the ground, so I snatched it up before the birds (or more likely my cat) got to it:

 

Cicada - super macro photo of a cicada, Tibicen linnei.

Cicada, Tibicen linnei

I would tentatively identify it as a male Tibicen linnei  - the fact that there are only 10 species of cicada in Michigan helps make the id a little more easy. 

This image is only 1.4x lifesized. It was made with a Pentax K3, DFA 100mm macro lens and extension tube.  This is 232 images compiled in 2 separate stacks and then blended together.

This entry was posted by Mark and filed under Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Extreme Macro.

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