The Metamorphasis

A cicada coming out of his shell, leaving behind his old self and getting ready to fly off after he airs his wings.

This was a pretty cool thing to find on the trunk of Michael (our front yard tree named by my daughter, Emily).

[Annie D]

I love that your daughter names trees and I love watching cicadas come out of their shell cool catch

[Sam]

Gorgeous! FAV

[Lin]

Heavens, this is fantastic! Big fav!

[alia_801]

Wow! Super cool!

[David]

You chose the moment well, Amanda. Good capture.. although at first glance I thought you had been rummaging in your dressing up box! :-)

[Thom Mitchell]

This is an awesome "find" and capture, Amanda! FAV

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[LaLa]

Super capture and coloring.

[Mona]

Wonderful capture, great find and perspective. Michael must be an amazing tree to get such a beautiful name.

[carol white]

Well spotted, a super capture. Fav!! 😃

[Cherrill]

wow! What a capture! Isn't nature fabulous? fav!

[Beryl Lloyd]

WAAAW ! WHAT A STUNNING MACRO SHOT ! FAB AND A FAV

[Tremerryn]

My goodness, a great shot and wonderful timing.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Oh gross but wonderful to see

[gloria jones]

Wow...great find and capture

[Lisa Poland]

Great timing. Great shot of those noisy bugs!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wonderful timing! fav

[ChristineL]

Amazing capture, did you see it fly away?

[Simply Amanda]

@inthecloud5 No, I stopped watching.

[Rachel Withey]

Those wings are amazing

[Taffy]

A wonderful window into this process. SO well captured and displayed for us.

[Chris Johnson]

That bright green color! Amazing!!

[Peter Dulis]

love it ...

[*lynn]

wonderful find and capture!

[katy]

Wow! this is way so much better than the one I took! Fantastic detail! FAV

[Maggiemae]

You have to admit - the colours are so fresh and pretty! fav

[Simply Amanda]

@grammyn I have never seen one like this before. Lucky timing.I thought it was a weird growth on tree.

[Mike Gifford]

Fav...Fav!! Wicked capture!

[April]

Wow...great timing. Its new colors are beautiful!

[julia]

Great shot ... case of being at the right place at the right time..

[Jenfurj]

Love the gorgeous colours you were able to capture, like a jewel.

[Nick]

Wow, amazing shot. Wonderful colours.

[Kate R]

Wonderful!

[tommykeith]

well captured!

[Tony]

Fabulous detail in this transitional capture.

[Jodie]

Those green wings are beautiful.

[Dawn]

Wonderful fav

[katy]

So happy to see this one on the TT Amanda!

[Simply Amanda]

@grammyn Thanks, Katy. A nice surprise.

[Jocasta]

oh my goodness me - that's so creepily fantastic

[tommykeith]

Well done and congats!!

[John Falconer]

Great shot. Congratulations on top twenty.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations Amanda on this amazing image making it to the Top Twenty! Very well deserving!

[Simply Amanda]

@tommykeith @johnfalconer @skipt07 Thanks much, guys. Very lucky timing. I'd never seen this happen before.