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Cicadidae or Magicicada
Discarded Cicada skins, and Cicada after molting
This is from North America, the nymph lives underground when ready to molt it anchors itself and emerges as a winged imago, it has a 13 to 17 year life cycle. They are grouped into broods.
I watched this Cicada molting in Michigan, US on August 4th 2011. There were many discarded skins and much noise of their mating call.
Spotted on Aug 4, 2011
Submitted on Oct 6, 2011
