Cicada's Portrait
Uploaded: July 10, 2009
Superb Green Cicada
Unlike crickets and grasshoppers which make sounds by rubbing their wings and legs together, male (seen here) cicadas produce sound by vibrating special membrane-like structures (tymbals) on their abdomen. The male’s enlarged abdomen is mostly filled with an air sac that functions as a resonance chamber thus greatly amplifying their songs.
F/22, 1/6th, ISO 500. Sigma 150mm with flash.
There are over 40 species of cicadas in Texas..
Rosemary Sampson
July 21, 2009
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