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\"Adult<\/a>
Adult Chorus cicada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Last week<\/a> I shared a bit of information and some sequence images of Chorus cicada metamorphosis from nymph to adult. This week I will share some images of the adults during the day once their exoskeletons and wings have hardened.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Adult<\/a>
Adult Chorus cicada resting on a tree fern frond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As mentioned last time, the transition period carries some risk and not all adults successfully negotiate the metamorphosis. The one I photographed hatching showed some blistering of haemolymph in it’s wings and this is probably the equivalent of an internal haemorrhage, which if too significant could be fatal. I like to think that that individual survived and succeeded in ascending to the canopy as there was no sign of it when I revisited it’s hatching location during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Front<\/a>
Front view of an adult Chorus cicada resting on a tree fern frond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On my day walk looking for adults we found plenty of nymph shucks and in a short section of track came across 5 live adults and 2 dead ones that had not survived metamorphosis. This is an inadequate sample size to infer mortality risk but enough to suggest that it is not insignificant.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Dead<\/a>
Dead adult Chorus cicada with incompletely inflated wing and some bulging in the wings suggesting possible haemolymph blistering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

One had separated from it’s nymphal shuck but had died prior to full inflation of the wings which showed some bulging similar to the blistering I had photographed. The second one had died while still emerging from the nymph thorax and had been infected with a fungus.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Fungus<\/a>
Fungus infected Chorus cicada adult stuck emerging from the nymphal shuck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For this image I wanted to add some angled backlighting to make the nymphal shuck glow and add a rim light to the fungus. I achieved this with a Godox MF12 held behind the trunk and triggered by the main flash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z7 and Nikkor Z 105mm f2.8 MC VR S. Godox V1 flash on camera with home made diffuser and Godox MF-12 macro flash off camera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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