Time-lapse footage shows cicada molting
STORY: Time-lapse footage shows cicada molting
DATELINE: May 8, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:36
LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of a cicada shedding its exoskeleton
STORYLINE:
A time-lapse video captured the moment a cicada emerged from its exoskeleton and spread its wings as part of the molting process.
The larvae of cicadas need a year or even several years to hibernate underground, and eventually climb out of the ground to molt, but the adult insect can only survive for two to three months.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China.
(XHTV)
- Product Code
- ILEA001271608
- Registered date
- 2023/5/08 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
- Media size
- 608 × 1080 pixel
- Deployment size
- 29.65(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.