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July 30, 2007

Freshly Hatched Magicicada

Filed under: Brood XIV,Magicicada,Roy Troutman — Dan @ 7:07 pm

Here’s something few people ever see: it’s a cicada nymph in its first phase (instar), freshly hatched, right before it would descend from the branch where it was born, to the earth where it would live off the roots of grass and then trees for the next 17 years. These rare videos were taken by Roy Troutman.

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