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   Alex Wild (alexwild@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 11:56:52 JST Alex Wild

   A recently-eclosed periodical cicada waits for her new cuticle to harden. Panther Creek State Conservation Area, Illinois. Photo from 2014.

   #molting #entomology #cicadas #insects #photography #nature

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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 11:59:28 JST Alex Gleason

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     @alexwild Beautiful!

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     Hollahollara (hollahollara@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 12:02:24 JST Hollahollara

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     • Alex Gleason

     @alex @alexwild Little known fact: cicadas can often benefit from the “breath of life” after they struggle from their shells. If you help them while they are still moist, you have saved a cicada’s life.

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