Ecdysis

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This is actually a time-lapse movie i shot this summer. I had come to witness my first moulting the night before i shot the movie. Next night, i saw another nymph preparing to do the same thing, so i took it and put it to this nice, illuminated place. I waited for it to settle completely (it chooses the exact place itself and glues its legs with some organic glue coming from its abdomen, it is great to watch but unfortunately i couldn't shoot that part). Then i set my camera and shot it. It took nearly two hours. Here are some frames of it in higher quality: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/41439586/

This is some info from Wikipedia for biology-lovers and for the ones who want to understand the advertorial stuff:

The nymphs of the periodical cicadas live underground, at depths of 30 cm (one foot) or more, feeding on the juices of plant roots. They stay immobile and go through five development stages before constructing an exit tunnel in the spring of their 13th or 17th year. These exit tunnels have a diameter of about 1--1.5 cm (½ in.)

The nymphs emerge at an evening when the soil temperature is above 17°C (63 F) and climb to a suitable place on the nearby vegetation to complete their transformation into an adult cicada. They molt one last time and then spend about six days in the leaves waiting for their exoskeleton to harden completely. Just after this final molt, the teneral adults are white, but darken within an hour.

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[onecrazychicklet]

i like!

[thelastakatsuki]

Haha, nice.

[Poplopo]

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[kznck]

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