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Old 17-01-2010, 11:25 PM
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firstlight (Tony)
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Born-again cicada... praise be!

While going out to close the chook pen the other night, Anne-Louise noticed this against the slab of the shed.

Photos are a mixture of hers and mine while the cicada emerged from old skin. I had never seen anything like this before, and it was pretty cool.

Some images have been rotated, cropped and the curves adjusted slightly. Lighting was provided by a couple of LED torches.
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