summer acrobats

cicada fights molt for position

Shortly I took shots of cicadas and their molted skins.
One cicada was working its way up a tree and "fought" with a molted skin. Instead of hurtling competition to the ground, only it fell. I interfered with nature and returned the aggressive bugger to the tree.

I thought the process for hardening of the bodies of the cicadas was about an hour. That is not so -- too short.