that empty feeling ...

... the shell of the black prince cicada after moulting. This tree was quite covered in them so it must be a popular place. You can see lots of koala claw marks on the trunk too :) Thank you for the many awesome comments and questions on my photos.

[Jacqueline]

Great find and capture!

[Graeme Stevens]

love these shells that cicadas leave behind, find them fascinating

[Paul]

Yikes - in a cool creepy way :)

[gloria jones]

Neat close up :)

[Beryl Lloyd]

A fascinating find and I love the title ! fav

[Richard Sayer]

I hope this is not as big as it looks... Eeuch!

[Valerie Chesney]

Wow! Another fascinating photo

[Fr1da]

lovely textures

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Denise Wood]

Loved these - played with them for hours :)

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@gilbertwood Yeah I have so many childhood memories of prancing these shells about amusing myself for hours on end too :)

[PhylM-S]

This is such a great shot that it actually gives me the heebie jeebies to look at it! LOL I seriously can't look :-)

[Sue Cooper]

A great close up.