NPPF - Canto Two Notes (1)

[David Morris]

--- Jasper Fidget <jasper at hatguild.org> wrote:
> > Behalf Of David Morris
> > 
> > 238:  Empty emerald case, squat and frog-eyed, / Hugging the trunk Does
anyone have a clue what this is?
> 
> Maybe Kinbote is correct that it's a cicada's cast skin (exuvia):
> 
> http://www.hortnet.co.nz/key/keys/bugkey2a/cast1.htm
> 
> These tend to be brown where I live, but the ones in the photos on this site
could be called emerald I suppose (probably depends on the species).

Yes, I think you're correct.  It's not a grasshopper.  The only shells I've
seen are brown, but they are "frog-eyed" and they do hug the side of a tree
trunk.

The cicada would exemplify a resurrection of sorts: emergence from the earth,
shedding of an old skin, reproduction cycle, begin again.

David Morris

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