Photo of the Day: Up Close Cicada Molting

Insects of Guatemala

Cicada Shedding Skin at Semuc Champey, Guatemala


Watch our Travel Video Tour of Semuc Champey.

Semuc Champey is a natural wonder of Guatemala near the Q’eqchi’ Maya town of Lanquín.  As we walked though the jungle to get to the 300m limestone bridge of stepped of turquoise pools we encountered this cicada molting.

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One Response to Photo of the Day: Up Close Cicada Molting

  1. Melvin February 21, 2011 at 18:00 #

    Wow… I guess you don’t spot that every day! A rare nature photo. Nice!

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