Cicada painting

This guy is just 5 minutes old. I released him when his neon green wings and disco gold body hardened, turning to a dark brown and bronze-green. The cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers

Why The Cicada Sings Seventeen years Under ground The cicada waits Without making a sound. Then one summer morning With no one in sight The cicada emerges Into the light. No wonder she sings All evening long. For seventeen years She held back her song. ©Debra and Charles Ghigna

The other species of cicada I saw on Barro Colorado island, Panama. When newly metamorphosed it is similar in appearance to the first species, but there are a few differences like eye colr, size, body hair, head shape, etc... This species maintains prettier colors afterwards in comparison to the duller tones on the first species.

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watercolor cicada by Martha Iserman

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten a Friday 5 up! I’m feeling proud of myself. Let’s see if I remember how this goes… :) One of my coworkers at the Museum is really…