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| valign="top" |  This singing Amphipsalta cingulata male "clapping cicada" from Miramar, Wellington, NZ,  is probably only days old because the tiny silvery setae covering his body are still very much in tact and reflecting the sunlight.  Note the long straw-like sucking beak, spotted compound eyes, and “nose” (cibarial pump) like the grill of a 1940 Oldsmobile. '''-Chris Simon'''
 
| valign="top" |  This singing Amphipsalta cingulata male "clapping cicada" from Miramar, Wellington, NZ,  is probably only days old because the tiny silvery setae covering his body are still very much in tact and reflecting the sunlight.  Note the long straw-like sucking beak, spotted compound eyes, and “nose” (cibarial pump) like the grill of a 1940 Oldsmobile. '''-Chris Simon'''
  

Revision as of 01:37, 3 February 2015

This page showcases the entries to the 2015 Biological Photo Contest. Voting will commence in the week preceding the Grad Symposium with winners announced at the end of the Symposium. To enter, send your full resolution photo and caption to kaitlin.gallagher@uconn.edu and it will be put on this page.

Plants

This singing Amphipsalta cingulata male "clapping cicada" from Miramar, Wellington, NZ, is probably only days old because the tiny silvery setae covering his body are still very much in tact and reflecting the sunlight. Note the long straw-like sucking beak, spotted compound eyes, and “nose” (cibarial pump) like the grill of a 1940 Oldsmobile. -Chris Simon

Animals


Environment