Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]remarkable photographic capture Al. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 3, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Al Crouch wrote: > All: > > We have them in Texas, too. I was lucky enough to find one > emerging from > its shell one night on the outside wall of my garage. Had seen a > lot of > shells before, but not the process. > > http://tinyurl.com/n87c27 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Al+Crouch/free+at+last.jpg.html > > :Al Crouch > > > > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: 9/3/2009 6:39:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Noisy Insect >> >> If they are bad this year, they will be bad 17 years from now >> too. :-) >> >> On Sep 3, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> >>> Hi Jeffery, >>> >>> Thanks for the technical details. As I mentioned before, with my >>> high frequency hearing loss from years of exposure to noisy >>> compressor plant equipment, they don't bother me too much unless I >>> go outside with my hearing aid in place. Then, the noise is very >>> noticeable. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jefffery Smith" > <jsmith342 at gmail.com >>>> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:00 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Noisy Insect >>> >>> >>>> Their method of making that noise is interesting. They have a >>>> drum- head like diaphragm on either side of the body with 4 folds >>>> in it. Pulling on the diaphragm (with a muscle) causes 4 >>>> consecutive "banging" noises, like squeezing an empty plastic >>>> water bottle. They alternate doing the left and right side >>>> diaphragms, and that means two muscle contractions cause 8 loud >>>> banging noises. In the oaks down here in the Garden District, it >>>> sounds like people with chain saws. >>>> >>>> By the way, these are the bugs whose nymph stage lasts 17 years. >>>> After 17 years, the nymph crawls up the side of a tree, and later >>>> hatches out of a skin to become an adult cicada. The "shells" that >>>> someone mentioned is the cast-off nymph shell. >>>> >>>> Jeffery >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >>>> >>>>> I came across this noisy insect on my way to the mail box this >>>>> morning. I have not yet established his identity. Can anyone help >>>>> identify this fellow? I should have stopped down further, but he >>>>> was not cooperative. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Noisy+Insect.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> Feedback appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information