Aug 23 2009
Looking Closer (65) – Barbs and Fangs All Around
What creature sports these offensive (or perhaps defensive) weapons? Hints: pic at x200; this guy/gal’s relatives nearly kept me up last night.
Answer and another photo below the fold.
And by the way, you’ve got some formerly impressive weapons yourself: on the tips of your fingers and in your mouth. Our kind will still resort to biting and scratching.
A cicada. Last evening they were loudly trilling in our backyard tall pine and in the oaks that line our side yard.
Here is another shot of the cicada’s defensive arsenal at x60 (these less like barbs, more like hairs) -
