Red Eyes in Paradise
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This I thought of calling the journey of a fearless warrior. I think I've mentioned in the past I was never much a bug person. Well these Cicadas infiltrated my world as a young girl in immense numbers. I pretty much did not venture outdoors at all, the whole summer, that year. (My elder sister would terrorize me with them-(Deb you would be proud of my bravery)
Spring forward a little over 4 decades and I have faced my fears and walked very close to meet these harmless creatures. They are quite beautiful.
These are River Forest cicadas. Where I live in Oak Park we are nuclear free and cicada free. (the cicada free part is a little worrisome, the nuclear free is a blessing)
Comments and faves
redcipolla (61 months ago | reply)
It's incredible the amount of noise they make. Sometimes you find old casings after molting and they are quite beautiful.
Angele. (61 months ago | reply)
Wonderful photo!
:-) familiar story... photographing insects and seeing their beauty has helped me ger over my fear of bugs too
Sikaa (61 months ago | reply)
Great macro!!
Have a nice week. : )
donnacv (60 months ago | reply)
Thanks you for the visits redcipolla, Angele and sikaa. Redcipolla I have to agree with you the casings are quite amazing in detail. This guy started walking right as I clicked the shutter but I really liked the play of insect and environment.
ten-nine (60 months ago | reply)
nice detail capture. i am no so sick of them.
dolphin_dolphin (60 months ago | reply)
Very nice capture!!
Your work has inspired me!!
The Nature Group
You are INVITED to post it in...
lance_leopold [deleted] (58 months ago | reply)
A most beautiful insect,and image!!!