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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Noisy Insect
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:55:02 -0500
References: <48078C4D715B4B1F8AD8B8C16C5156E2@jimnichols> <F6BBC947-F5F7-4AD1-8733-0F34F048D57E@embarqmail.com>

Hi Ric,

For some reason, when I was growing up in Mississippi, the shells were 
referred to as "Locust Shells", which I now know to be a misnomer.  I never 
connected them with the Cicadas, which we hear in abundance, but seldom see 
up close.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Noisy Insect


> aka in the south
> dogday harvestfly
>
> you find their shells all the time where they crawl out of the ground  in 
> larval form and up a tree to shed shel and spread wings to take on  the 
> form you see here
>
> ric
>
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2009, at 1:08 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
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Noisy Insect)
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