Cicada Final Molt and Darkening timelapse 14 2021-05-27

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A time-lapse video of the final molt of a Brood X cicada. This time-lapse was taken over a period of about 4.5 hours one night, One picture every 10 seconds. The cicada emerges from its exoskeleton, its wings unfurl, then it darkens from the pale yellow that it initally is to black.

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G. Edward Johnson

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