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DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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Cicada perched on my finger today.  Picture taken at Ren Faire in Spotsylvania, where my husband and I went to celebrate our 1 year anniversary.  I realize that none of this is germane, but since there's so much interest in the expected cicada horde right now, I thought this close-up image I got today might be appealing to someone there. I actually have several others, as he crawled around on my hand for awhile, but this is the closest.  

Cicada up CLOSE!