Semi

These semi dudes are amazingly loud. Go out in the woods and immerse yourself in these guys and you can put yourself in a meditative trance. They don't live very long, but you certainly know they are around. Summer in Japan.

Aug 24, 2008

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We have these in Beijing too but they're not nearly as loud as the ones in Japan. I love this time of year, thanks for the nice photos.

Posted by Melanie Gao on August 25, 2008 at 08:42 AM JST #

Cicada's are plentiful in Australia too, they live 30 years underground before transforming into an adult. If you look carefully, you can see their exoskeletons still clinging to trees from their transformation.

Posted by Peter on August 26, 2008 at 07:07 PM JST #

Jim

You sure have some wonderfully quirky topics to write about ;-)
I'm not familiar with the word "emerce" you used in this story - why did you use 'emerce' when 'immerse' would have been adequate?
- thanks,

Ram

Posted by Ram G on August 29, 2008 at 10:18 AM JST #

Oh, that's funny, Ram. I didn't even see it. :) Thanks. Will change it.

Posted by Jim Grisanzio on August 29, 2008 at 10:22 AM JST #