* Cicadas Rising ** by calico_jester
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Description
.... shells hang beneath this bird house and Summer air is filled with a sharp "chirring" of cicadas, rising from a transition from nymph to adult.
It generally takes 17 years of subterranean development for cicadas to transition from nymph to adult. Once they emerge, they live about six weeks as they shed their exoskeletons, mate and lay eggs.
The Cicadas
And outside, cicadas pass their shrills,
as such to thwart the sound of shells
that swing and sway in wind to play
the chime of nature’s thrills.
They join in pairs, and amplify
beyond the screaming gulls up high
that soar across the ocean’s edge
in search of peace tonight.
Their strident rings pierce through the sky
But striking hymns sing solemn cries
to hollow shells, and silent spells
of those they left behind.
http://hellopoetry.com/jonathan-rist/
Comments (5)
calico_jester
another angle of shell view... but where is the dweller of this armor ?
PhthaloBlue
Great capture - interesting info! One of my neighbours has some of these shells on one of his trees - he was pointing them out to me this week, and we weren't quite sure which insect produced them. So now we know!
npauling
An excellent capture, I have missed hearing the loud singing of the cicadas now that we are in town. 😀
eekdog
Those are really creepy looking. Great info.
RodS
I picked about a dozen of these off the side of my house a few weeks ago. Cool shot, Kenn!
calico_jester
I thought it interesting that two of them hung to the birdhouse bottom... now trying to figure where the other thousand are.... sounds like a Nature movie here :)