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Mating of Cicada Shells

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 19, 201476 views4 comments

Not sure while mating they got a call to come out from the shell...This is one interesting subject of last week.

EOS 70D
F/8
1/40 Sec
ISO-200
89MM

"Many people around the world regularly eat cicadas. They are known to have been eaten in Ancient Greece as well as China, Malaysia, Burma, Latin America, and the Congo.Shells of cicadas are employed in the traditional medicines of China. - Wiki"

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4 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 20, 2014 at 6:46 AM

Not sure about the mating thing at this particular juncture in their life cycle Swathiraj.
But it sure looks like it should be

Interesting macro, just wish for a better plane of focus

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 20, 2014 at 10:35 PM

Interesting image, Swathiraj. Not sure what to make of the interaction. Regarding the techs, I like the way you caught both against the nice bg. I agree with Howard, however, that more dof on the subjects would be preferable.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 22, 2014 at 9:43 AM

The background is great and the pose has me chuckling. Nicely seen. They weren't mating, they just climb to the highest spot to molt, so the second one could have come along hours or days later. They were also eaten by North American natives, very high protein and very easy to catch when hatching in large masses.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on June 3, 2014 at 10:55 PM

Unusual catch. I like the way the two shells make my eyes imagine an entire arc of them materializing.

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