I'm living in Japan, and during summer, it's not rare to find empty shells of cicadas. But at this one building, there where so many at one place which I found cool.
These are a bunch of brood XIX 13 year old cicada nymphs that just came out of the ground and are about to shed their skin
Submitter records a green cicada molting out of its former body as final part of its metamorphosis growth, hanging still in tree while waiting for its wings to unfurl and its exoskeleton to harden
Hello from Thailand! We usually hear these cicadas at least twice a day. They’re super loud and I’ve heard them throughout my life and I’ve seen the skeletons they leave behind very often but this is the first time both my auntie and I ever saw the process of skinning! (Probably not the right word for it). It was a really exciting moment for us. So exciting that we forgot about the food on the stove that got completely burnt. It was worth it!
A cicada coming out of its exo skeleton. Sorry of its not a good video.
This is a cicada leaving its shell.
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