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Cicada Just After Molting from Its Nymph Skin

A cicada emerges from its nymph skin in Morton Grove.

John Ruberry, Neighbor

Posted Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:32 am CT|Updated Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:38 pm CT

My Labor Day weekend treat was photographing a cicada molting from its nymph skin. I witnessed the insect emerging into its new world on Lincoln Avenue, near the bridge over the Edens Expressway.

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