Wow, at first I didn't realize what "molt" means (english is not my mother tongue) and it took a while to see what's really going on in the pictures. Simply amazing! The old coat is left like a dry, old husk...
Thank you for sharing this unique photos.
RE: Molting Cicada
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Molting Cicada
I'm glad you like it. In this particular case, the cicada is doing its final molt from the juvenile nymph stage (which lives underground feeding on sap from tree root and doesn't have wings) to the adult, flying stage.
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