Red Eye Cicada Emergence #2 Mandala
by Tim Phelps
Title
Red Eye Cicada Emergence #2 Mandala
Artist
Tim Phelps
Medium
Digital Art - Digital
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4 sparkling red eye cicadas with blue outlined black bodies and orange cellophane like wings highlighted with yellow accents, Magicicada septendecim, are displayed on a background of blue crouching cicada nymphs forming a diamond shape in a geometric art deco repeating mosaic design imitating fine Victorian, wallpaper. Multiple blue number 17’s and multiple blue upright diamonds are also part of the overall inspired design on a light blue background and included in my mid May emergence of the 2021 Brood X 17-year cicada nature mandala. Egg-shaped compound conspicuous eyes, each paired with two or three additional small eyes or ocelli, rest on top of the cicada’s head. Its large frontal facial plate looks like the bowed grille of a Buick automobile. It has two large forewings and two tiny back wings, each transparent and looking like wrinkled iridescent cellophane. At rest, the wings lay parallel to the body and can clamp in place within grooves found along the thorax. While feeding and sucking on stems and foliage, cicadas expel a sugary protein-rich fluid that can attract and feed ants and flies. It is the most abundant herbivore in forest habitats with a biomass that can exceed 1 million individuals per acre.
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May 15th, 2021
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