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What is this molting from? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Hux@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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Found in Massachusetts backyard this evening.

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[–] LazlowsBAWSAQ@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I love cicadas.

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Me too! They look so cool! And they're so big, you can really see all their detail. And they're super chill

[–] canthidium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What? Not the ones in Louisiana. They are super loud and fly into everything. When I was in college, there would be tons of them all over, many stuck upside down on the ground trying to turn over.

[–] samothtiger@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think those were June bugs. Not sure if they are a type of cicada

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, no, those are very different. Much smaller and shinier, for one

[–] canthidium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think so, exact same as OP's photos. They're huge, with big wings