I’d mentioned a while back that I had not seen a cicada mid-molt yet this time ’round. That is deligtfully no longer that case. On a morning walk after a rain, I saw every stage of molting.
Just a slit in the exoskeleton 
More of the cicada emerging 
Almost out of the exoskeleton 
Out of the exoskeleton and drying wings 
Wings nearly dried
When I'm Sixty-four 
Wow, amazing photos. And that “Almost out of the exoskeleton” one is pretty creepy–like an insect directed a remake of Alien.
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Fascinating entomology lesson! Thanks.
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