Davis' Southeastern Dog-day Cicada
The annual Davis' Southeastern Dog-day Cicada (Neotibicen davisi davisi ) Merritt Island area, Florida
Dah wife (wildlife spotter extraordinaire) spotted this guy under our patio nightlight when taking Bailey (dah dog) out for her morning relief. As you can see it was sitting on the patio pavers for this capture, and unfortunately decided to fly away when I tried to move it to a more natural perch. Apparently sitting on a paver was natural enough for this bugger.
Good thing for the cicada that it was Dah Wife (not Bailey) that spotted it, because Bailey developed quite a taste for the crunchy and juicy 17 year Cicadas that she feasted on in Jersey a few years ago.
Note: Yeah I know, tripods have legs, but you don't have to use them, and for low POV captures I find that opening the legs, angling the ball head to one side, and laying the tripod on its side seems to work very nicely for low POV captures like this one. I've also found that you can reverse the column when laying the tripod on the ground to get slightly higher POVs.
Davis' Southeastern Dog-day Cicada
The annual Davis' Southeastern Dog-day Cicada (Neotibicen davisi davisi ) Merritt Island area, Florida
Dah wife (wildlife spotter extraordinaire) spotted this guy under our patio nightlight when taking Bailey (dah dog) out for her morning relief. As you can see it was sitting on the patio pavers for this capture, and unfortunately decided to fly away when I tried to move it to a more natural perch. Apparently sitting on a paver was natural enough for this bugger.
Good thing for the cicada that it was Dah Wife (not Bailey) that spotted it, because Bailey developed quite a taste for the crunchy and juicy 17 year Cicadas that she feasted on in Jersey a few years ago.
Note: Yeah I know, tripods have legs, but you don't have to use them, and for low POV captures I find that opening the legs, angling the ball head to one side, and laying the tripod on its side seems to work very nicely for low POV captures like this one. I've also found that you can reverse the column when laying the tripod on the ground to get slightly higher POVs.