eww..part 2

I went out to take a picture of a cute chipmunk and found this shell.
I think it's a shell. I don't want to be rude and poke it, and it seems to have seen better days. What the heck is that thing by his leg. An alien popping out?

[Geertje K.]

Oh I've found something similar, no idea what it;s from, but cool picture!

[Anne ❀]

I'm the farthest thing from a bug expert but I'd say the alien was lunch. lol Cool shot!

[cynce frantz]

yes eww eww ewww!!! of course i can't stop looking at it... ewww! need the experts from roswell for this one!

[Nicole White]

its either a cicada in its shell or just the shell of the cicada and the cicada is flying around somewhere

[Courtney]

Dang! That is a crisp shell! Good find and I agree, EWWWWWW!!

[Barbara Warner]

Great find and such a good closeup

[Mike Fitzgerald]

Nicole is right. It's a cicada, most likely just the shell. Cicadas are what you hear so loudly and so many on warm summer nights.

[Annie Feeley]

Double ewwww! Nice shot.

[Andy McAvoy]

An amazing shot. You couldn't design anything as ewwwww as that!

[Rick Schies]

Yeah, it is most likely what is left, and it is fascinating how they crawl out of it,.

[Judith Greenwood]

So is that an 'exuvia' or is that only the term for things dragonflies emerge from. It's fascinating!

[Lux Vivens]

Yeah these things are creepy, but dead! Fascinating indeed! Great catch!

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Great detail,is this just the beginning of an eww series? :) Congrats on #1 of the top twenty!!

[O Dono :D]

yeah i've seen these things before... i can't remember if its because they grow out of it, or if they're young eat them alive.. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! haha i watch too much animal planet.

[O Dono :D]

oh but nice macro by the way!

[Margaret Tryon]

@buccigrossi Brian, thank you. I'm letting my inner gross 10 year old child out. this week. :-) so if I find anything else that's eww I'll include it.

[wendy chapman]

You got your answer but I can I tell you too? It is a cicada!
And, see, i told you that ocelot photo was fab! wonderful for you to get that aknowledgement for such a great photo. Nice job.

[Diana Moss]

Great capture of this ugly guy

[Penny Milner]

A cicada shell! Cool! Bizarre aren't they?!

[Henriette Sparkes]

Eeeuwww! Cicadas aren't pretty, but this is a cool shot :-)

[Jennifer C]

makes a great photo, we have cicadas here too, noisy things they are

[robinwarner]

yikes....they are noisy...i hear them when i travel...but never get to see them...

[Kerri]

Cool

[Juliette Packham]

oh my, what is it?? a cicada? wow, I've heard these are difficult to photograph - you can hear them for miles but never see them. Great job if a bit alien like!!

[Seth Tan]

Cool photo!

[Angie Vega ☮♥ シ]

awesome shot and that's one weird looking bug

[Philip Cole]

Excellent deail and focus! A scene from the latest "alien" movie!

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Hmmm my first thought was an alien bug,come to destroy the garden.great find.

[paula goff]

you are hilarious!! I love your sense of humor! i bet you would be a blast to hang out with:)
Is this a cicada shell?

[Margaret Tryon]

@paulaag Paula, thank you. We would have fun. :-)

[David]

Great find! I can't stand those things!

[Kalexa]

Not as cute as a chipmunk but interesting nonetheless!

[Miriam S]

Awesome bug shot!

[Jason Daniels]

Cicadas live underground for upwards of 7 years, then they climb out of the ground, up a nearby tree and shed their old skins for new flying ones. You have found one of the old shells.

[ottery]

Eww but interesting!

[Alta D©]

aeeeww gosh! Are you sure he is not in hibernation? lol.

[Vicki K]

wow this is awesome.

[alia_801]

Great shot of the alien - or cicada.

[Denise]

Fabulous detail in this shot.

[Beth]

I think it is a cicada shell. They are the insects that makes such a loud sound when they all come out and make the sound at the same time. It is a high pitched cricket like sound. Interesting photo.

[Mhel]

Awesome bug shot and yes its eeww hehe

[Amber Lacerta]

Cool! A monster is somewhere near, beware!

[Pyrrhula]

great guy. Great capture

[Naomi]

Fantastic, crisp, details :]

[cglist]

Very cool!

[Cheryl]

oh dear, great detail

[Janna Dawn Goldrup]

Great find! I've seen one emerged cicada in my life...I rescued it from drowning in a lake!

[Rach_who]

Cicada shells really start looking prehistoric over time. Fantastic close-up

[Emer Hyland]

cool.....great close-up

[Mikhail Karetin]

Cool macro alien shot! :D

[Leslie Manna]

Gorgeous detail and lighting on a "relic" of Nature. So where's the cute Chipmunk?? :p) Be well, Les

[GINA]

Cicada shell, we went threw them already thank goodness it was about a month ago it was the thirteen year cicada or something like that....

[Tanya]

cicada shell...my boys used to collect them when they were smalls (the boys not the cicadas :)

[Tabbycat]

Cicada, yay!! Kaz and I used to collect these as kids and then stick them all over each other when least expected. LOL. My 7 year old nephew justsaw this and asked "How did she get a perfect shot?" :-)

[Alecio]

This is a very nice macro

[TriXie]

Great macro!

[Kd Wallis]

this is nasty! i have never seen anything like it. lol. What a shot tho!