Gotta love the face shot!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cicada Time
> We get a small brown variety around here and the great big Greengrocer -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclochila_australasiae
> http://www.pbase.com/afildes/image/68436285
> http://www.pbase.com/afildes/image/68436286
> - a beautiful beast which I now discover is a seven year cicada!
> That's why it's been quiet the last few years.
> They are incredibly loud - a big emergence can be painfully loud if you're
> out near the trees and they can keep you awake at night.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 13/05/2011, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Wiki says there are 220 species of cicada in Oz, most in the tropical
>> north. I checked the details on the 3 species noted there. One is on a
>> 7 year cycle. The other two apparently appear annually although there
>> is a comment for one of them that numbers vary dramatically from year to
>> year.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 5/13/2011 2:23 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>> They're tasty but a bit crunchy and buzz a lot going down.
>>> Especially the great big green ones.
>>> Or so the kookaburra I just asked told me.
>>> I don't think we have any really long cycle ones here though the summers
>>> have been quiet of late.
>>> Perhaps we're due for a big breakout in a year or two.
>>> Andrew Fildes
>>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13/05/2011, at 12:53 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, but if you were into eating them you'd no doubt be of a different
>>>> opinion. :-)
>>>
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