Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Al, That is nice timing and a great shot! I didn't realize they got the wings unfurled that quickly. Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Crouch" <al.crouch at earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Noisy Insect (image) > 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 > >