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I found this, the carapace of a cicada, hanging from a leaf on a scraggly little bush that's been doing its best to grow for the past several years when it isn't being hindered by insect pests or being accidentally mowed over because some people don't watch where they're going when operating heavy equipment. But I digress this isn't about the bush. So being an empty shell made it real easy to sneak up on it and blast it with a camera lens from a real close distance. Or at least you would think until the wind starts bouncing the leaf all over the place and you have to wait for a semblance of calm before readjusting the camera and maybe getting to slam home the shutter button at least once before everything goes crazy once again. And you're left wondering: well why don't I just put a tarp around it to stop the breeze? Well because then you'd need to pound some stakes in the ground. And do you have any stakes?. Of course not; so now its a trip to the hardware/garden store to buy some stakes, and then you get to thinking wouldn't it be nice to have some steaks tonight. So you know where you're off to next. Well by the time you get home you've forgotten all about the bug and realize you've also forgotten the charcoal for the bbq.

So you see nothing scary about the bug at all.

Enjoy and your comments welcomed.