Monday, 31 August 2020

Unusual Creatures...

I spotted a couple of unusual insects in our garden recently. The leaf-like catydid (at right) is the second-one that I have seen here in Indiana, while the cicada is actually quite common. It is more often heard than seen up in the trees and it looks really bizarre!

 

 The camouflaged catydid.

 The outer shell from which the cicada emerges.

The freshly-hatched cicada.

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