If there is an insect you can have fond memories about, mine would be the cicada. I collected their shells every summer morning filling Folgers Coffee cans in my Parents garage. I remember me and a childhood friend searching the trees for cicadas for hours. I had a hard bound copy of Borrow & White's The Field Guide to the Insects, all black and white with color plates in the middle. It had a picture a cicada but it was dark with orange wings and red eyes and that was not what we were finding in the trees in Tulsa. At the time, I didn't realize they were a species only found in certain areas and mainly the east coast.
So Now that Brood II has arrived, I have found the bug I was searching for so many years ago. And I think I am as fascinated with them now as I was back then.
These guys were shot in the wild just south of Ft. Belvoir, VA. They encompass a couple of different trips to the same local. I hope to return again in the evening to witness a nymph and the amazing transformation they go through.
I have also decided to collect a few specimens for some future studio photography. They are still in the process of drying and I hope to shoot them soon. But in the mean time I think I will visit these guys again.
Awesome..
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