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Re: Off topic: Periodic Cicadas

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Elliot Kirschbaum

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Sun, 16 May 2004 20:55:08 -0400

on 5/16/04 3:41 PM, Michael L Smith at  wrote:

> CICADAS COME UP JUST AFTER SUNSET, AND TAKE MOST OF THE NIGHT TO CHANGE
> FROM WHITE TO BLACK.

I have photographs from 34 years ago of nymphs emerging during the day,
climbing the trunk of a tree, and the adults coming out of the nymph
case--all during daylight hours.

Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA