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Yoyetta abdominalis
A small plain brown cicada (24mm) goes through it's final moult to become a beautiful cream, pink, yellow and green adult for a short while.
Trunk of Eucalyptus microcarpa in suburban back yard..
I noticed a plain brown nymph cicada stop climbing and start arching it's back. The whole process took about 40 minutes. The wing expansion was impressive as it only took about 3 minutes. I didn't have time to capture the changing colours but this one would have gone mostly black. I'm not completely certain of the ID but there were several mature Y abdominalis higher up the trunk and many similar exuviae so it is by association. (not very scientific I know) Here's a link to a fully coloured adult I spotted on the same tree http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/164... Name changed from Cicadetta abdominalis
Spotted on Nov 28, 2012
Submitted on Nov 28, 2012
29 Comments (1–25)
Thanks Ava. Yes the big back arch evokes some empathy for the task at hand.
Terrific series. I love #4 especially.
Thanks Mayra.
Great series!
this is one of the things in nature that takes my breath away
Thanks Nuwan and Leanne.
Incredible series Argy Bee! Really really cool :)
Awesome !
Thanks Rachael and Atul. I can't believe how many of these are around now. Must be their year.
Superb Series !!!
Fantastic series - great timing to find this one.
Thanks Chocolochao.
Totally awesome
here's a link to the fully coloured adult version found on the same tree http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/164...
Thanks Cindy - it was fun.
Amazing series and timing!
Yuko, martinl, Gilma, aaron thanks so much.
This is truly an amazing spotting! I LOVE this! The last photo especially is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
That's a spectacular spotting Argy Bee. I love its mascara. These are way more attractive before the color sets. Well done.
Great Series thanks for sharing.
That's a great collection!
Thanks everyone. It was a perfect day to spend an hour under a gum tree with our dog :)
Great series Argy! Love the last photo. Thanks for sharing.
Impressive ! What a series ! wonderful, Argy !
Beautiful series Argee and great luck finding one about to emerge.