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English: A time-lapse video of the final molt of a Brood X cicada. This time-lapse was taken over a period of about 4.5 hours one night, One picture every 10 seconds. The cicada emerges from its exoskeleton, its wings unfurl, then it darkens from the pale yellow that it initally is to black.
Українська: Відеозапис остаточного линяння цикади Brood X за проміжок часу протягом 4,5 годин однієї ночі. Робилось по одному знімку кожні 10 секунд. Цикада виходить із свого екзоскелета, розкриваються крила, потім вона темніє від блідо-жовтого, до чорного кольору. |
| Date | Taken on 27 May 2021, 20:49:04 |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | G. Edward Johnson |
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This file was selected as the media of the day for 17 June 2021. It was captioned as follows:
English: A time-lapse video of the final molt of a Brood X cicada. This time-lapse was taken over a period of about 4.5 hours one night, One picture every 10 seconds. The cicada emerges from its exoskeleton, its wings unfurl, then it darkens from the pale yellow that it initally is to black.
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العربية: فيديو بتقنية الفاصل الزمني لانسلاخ النهائي لزيز Brood X. سُجل الفيديو على مدى 4.5 ساعة في الليلة الواحدة بفاصل صورة واحدة كل 10 ثوانٍ. يخرج الزيز من هيكله الخارجي، ويفتح أجنحته، ثم يغمق لونه من الأصفر الباهت إلى الأسود. Čeština: Časosběrné video líhnutí dospělého jedince cikády druhu Brood X z kukly. Celková doba záběru je 4.5 hodiny, snímky byly pořizovány každých 10 sekund. Cikáda se vynoří z exoskeletu, křídla se rozvinou, poté ztmavne ze světle žluté až do černé. English: A time-lapse video of the final molt of a Brood X cicada. This time-lapse was taken over a period of about 4.5 hours one night, One picture every 10 seconds. The cicada emerges from its exoskeleton, its wings unfurl, then it darkens from the pale yellow that it initally is to black. Эрзянь: Brood X цикадань меельце невельдямозо кона невтезь кадрань коряс ванмось. Тей таймлапсось теезь малав 4.5 часонь кувалт веть, вейке снимка 10 секундас. Цикадась лиси экзокамбразтсо, сёлтонзо штавты ды мейле сон чауржкавтови. Українська: Відеозапис остаточного линяння цикади Brood X за проміжок часу протягом 4,5 годин однієї ночі. Робилось по одному знімку кожні 10 секунд. Цикада виходить із свого екзоскелета, розкриваються крила, потім вона темніє від блідо-жовтого, до чорного кольору.
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| current | 01:27, 31 May 2021 |  | (33.76 MB) | wikimediacommons>Lorax | Imported media from uploads:7d54d840-c1a2-11eb-8210-0a7fb64cb320 |
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