Cicada!

[foxor]

This guy was hanging out in our garden, and let me get my camera up real close to try capturing some macros:

[Tally Wa]

is that a locust?

[alamokatlady]

Great shots. I'm surprised it sat still long enough to get s some shots.
These things give me the heebie jeebies from when we lived in Las Vegas. They were so bad lol.

[lindyannajones]

Somehow I don't think of cicadas as having gossamer wings--mostly I think of them as driving me quite mad with their piercing noise--but your photo shows they do, along with that interesting black and green pattern on their body. They are unexpectedly beautiful. Nice work.

[ilookalot]

is that what these things look like .i spent hours looking for them when i was i Queensland with no luck.i,am assuming these critters are the ones that make that sort of clicking noise. regards kym

[Angelb]

Wow cool, I have never seen one this close up before. Great capture.

[foxor]

Thanks! Yeah, we were all surprised that I was able to get so close without him disappearing. Yes it is a cicada. I think there are multiple species, but they all look somewhat similar.
I decided what would happen if I cropped it and colour enhanced a bit.

[Trigger]

Must have been in a trance to be so close and not fly away


cheers

[leonaashlee]

Did he sing for his supper? Ugly little buggers to go with all the noise.
Nice shot.

[cathyg62]

It's so ugly - it's beautiful - great shots !!!!