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06/09/2004 04:14:41 PM · #1 |
Here I was, sitting in hot (over 100 degrees yesterday) Alamogordo, feeling all depressed about all the neat cicada shots coming from the east coast. I went out walking Saturday only to hear what I thought were cicadas. Occasionally I would see something like a large fly buzzing about. They would land on a waving ocatillo, only to fly away if I got too close.
Finally, by approaching very slowly, I got my camera close enough to get a shot with the macro setting. I was sure it wouldn't work because the breeze was causing the branch to sway alot, but I got lucky.
I'm pretty sure this is a cicada, but I thought they were only on the east coast. Must be a different species. And, boy, are they loud.
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06/09/2004 04:20:45 PM · #2 |
| That does look very cicada like. Very similar to the ones we get every year in August that are called "Dog Day" cicadas. |
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06/09/2004 05:06:39 PM · #3 |
| Your cicada has a small red bug in it's right front leg. A bonus bug? |
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06/09/2004 08:23:31 PM · #4 |
Very interesting and good catch, yeah I agree, its a cicada because of the wings but I maybe wrong :)
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06/09/2004 09:03:13 PM · #5 |
Those things are ugly and scary.
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06/09/2004 09:27:25 PM · #6 |
| the exztra red bug was lucky! other than that it was an excellent burger and I wouldn't change a thing. It was deffinetly lucky to get one bug and then you got two. I must be your lucky day! |
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06/09/2004 09:34:30 PM · #7 |
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