Achilles on Nostr: Found this empty cicada shell this morning. Nature at its best. Cicadas lay their ...
Found this empty cicada shell this morning.
Nature at its best.
Cicadas lay their eggs in tree branches.
The nymph falls to the ground & burrows underground.
Then it spends 2–5 years there (some species much longer) feeding on tree roots.
When it’s ready it emerges usually at night.
It climbs a tree, fence or wall.
Its back splits open and the adult cicada slowly crawls out.
Within a few hours its wings harden & it flies away.
What we find is the exuvia the empty shell left behind after its final molt.
Growth often happens where nobody can see it.
Timestamp of freedom 955763
Published at
2026-06-28 04:55:21 UTCEvent JSON
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