sometime Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 In the last few days we have had a number of what I can only call bug shells clinging to the plants in the garden, there is a hole in the back where something has emerged, whether the thing that emerged is eating the plants or something else I am not too sure, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaethon Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Looks very much like a cicada chrysalis - do you hear them at dusk/night 'singing'? Each species has a unique song. They spend most of their life-cycle underground as nymphs before climbing a plant and emerging from the chrysalis you found. Hand on and I'll find a pic I took a couple of weeks ago... Here we are at SamPran temple: Unidentified Spp. There are many variations - YCMV (your cicadas may vary). Edited April 4, 2009 by phaethon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometime Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Looks very much like a cicada chrysalis - do you hear them at dusk/night 'singing'? Each species has a unique song. They spend most of their life-cycle underground as nymphs before climbing a plant and emerging from the chrysalis you found.Hand on and I'll find a pic I took a couple of weeks ago... Here we are at SamPran temple: Unidentified Spp. There are many variations - YCMV (your cicadas may vary). Thank you Phaethon, what an amazing life cycle (17 years) http://www.pbase.com/knight_errant/cicada_central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Sometimes, gangs of the little buggers come out: That was taken nearly a year ago. I'd better go look and see if they're emerging again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penkoprod Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 In the last few days we have had a number of what I can only call bug shells clinging to the plants in the garden, there is a hole in the back where something has emerged, whether the thing that emerged is eating the plants or something else I am not too sure, How did you manage to train it to sit on the tape measure? (i'll get me coat) Penkoprod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitmig Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Glad you asked this question, because I took this photo a couple of weeks ago and hadn't yet identified it By the looks it's the same 'shell' you found! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Nice pic mitmig! I just had a look at my patio wall - they're definitely coming out tonight! I saw this one earlier: So I just went back and he's working his way out: Probably end up looking like this one that I photographed earlier: Anyone know if there's an automatic time-lapse digital camera available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitmig Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Oh wow, those are great! I think I'll grab my camera and go into the garden right now! I've got a Nikon D300 with an interval timer, now I just have to find a bug Edited April 4, 2009 by mitmig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Oh wow, those are great! I think I'll grab my camera and go into the garden right now! I've got a Nikon D300 with an interval timer, now I just have to find a bug That's a really good camera - outside my price range though! I just had another look outside - the cicada is now drying off/hardening up/whatever. It'll be gone soon I expect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitmig Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 You're really lucky ... no luck for me, have been searching the entire garden with a flashlight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goshawk Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 really nice series of pics jetty, great captures indeed... as for the D300, they are a bit steep but i'd love one too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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