Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, I guess that must be a "Southern" thing. I grew up in North Mississippi, and the shells, which we saw every Summer, were called locust shells. 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 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Noisy Insect > There was a monstrous brood of them in the US about 5 years ago. Nobody > really knows why some have such a long nymph cycle, but it may be to > thwart predators (after all, what predator insect is gonna rely on a > dinner that's over a decade away?). They call them locusts down here, > which is a misnomer. > > I believe that the ones down here have a long nymph cycle. They all look > the same to me, but there are a lot of different species. Very > impressive on the end of an insect pin. Almost scary in real life. > > The only opportunity I had for a photo of a living one was back in 1974, > next to our campfire while camping outside of Yuma AZ. My camera was a > Mamiya SLR with a 50/2, and it was at night. Looked more like a horsefly > on paper. > > Jeffery > > On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:06 PM, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > >> Quoth the Jefffery Smith : >> >>> By the way, these are the bugs whose nymph stage lasts 17 years. >> >> Some do. Others don't. There are dozens of varieties of cicadas, >> one of which is the 17-year model. Others have much shorter cycles, >> as short as a few months to a year. I don't know which one we're >> dealing with here; it looked like an annual from the picture. >> >> -- >> R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com >> Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com >> P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 >> Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell number on request >> The only guidebooks worth reading begin with the phrase >> "When you get to the end of the paved road, continue..." >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >