tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post6164766910760013880..comments2024-03-14T05:37:08.931-05:00Comments on Sketching in Nature: Periodical Cicadas...Kate (Cathy Johnson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-77701283986398611632011-06-15T11:12:36.691-05:002011-06-15T11:12:36.691-05:00Thanks all! Yes, it is on pastel paper, pretty st...Thanks all! Yes, it is on pastel paper, pretty stuff, isn't it. Concetta, it's so interesting to hear what other parts of the world see...we take our annual "Dog Day" cicadas for granted!Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-2430786331975780462011-06-15T07:25:23.498-05:002011-06-15T07:25:23.498-05:00thank you for the in-depht post on cicadas, we onl...thank you for the in-depht post on cicadas, we only have one type here in Italy, its life-cycle is 18 years as an underground larva and 1 loud summer. They haven't started their racket yet, though I too love their shed skins still clinging on trees...Concetta Florehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770819606453338468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-49144196991363069912011-06-14T02:35:48.049-05:002011-06-14T02:35:48.049-05:00interesting your notes about cicadasinteresting your notes about cicadasAngela Maria Russohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539071404067336611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-63193576514019917412011-06-13T15:46:23.482-05:002011-06-13T15:46:23.482-05:00Beautiful Work Kate!!! I love it!! Is it on pastel...Beautiful Work Kate!!! I love it!! Is it on pastel paper? I just bought some over the weekend, I can't wait to get my paws on it :Pchristinahttp://www.cmcleanart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-35511444449331956192011-06-13T13:23:59.165-05:002011-06-13T13:23:59.165-05:00Thank you, all! Barbara, I remember a really loud...Thank you, all! Barbara, I remember a really loud hatch, too...so far these are no more bothersome than my tinnitis, which I'm so used to I usually don't notice... :-DKate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-10544640834343112492011-06-13T12:43:00.226-05:002011-06-13T12:43:00.226-05:00nice drawings1 Cool you included the photos.nice drawings1 Cool you included the photos.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589963764123014166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-56869164621722210242011-06-13T11:13:56.298-05:002011-06-13T11:13:56.298-05:00Hi Kate -- When I was a kid growing up in suburban...Hi Kate -- When I was a kid growing up in suburban Chicago there was a year when we had the 17-year locusts -- that's what they were called back then. I'll never forget the sound, a din, of a bazillion locusts all going off at once.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326362177737426232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-77772710531709035222011-06-13T09:57:24.022-05:002011-06-13T09:57:24.022-05:00You know, I don't know if they do damage! Hav...You know, I don't know if they do damage! Have to do more research, that's a good question...Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-88747179690893540262011-06-13T09:35:04.083-05:002011-06-13T09:35:04.083-05:00Yuck,not my favorite bug and i don't like the ...Yuck,not my favorite bug and i don't like the noise but your drawings are wonderful! Don't they do damage in their pupa stage?Desiree's Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047772987859831429noreply@blogger.com