Field guide No. 452

On the concrete face of a dam spillway, an empty cicada shell the size of a car clings on, split down the back. Whatever came out of it is somewhere nearby.

Giant empty cicada shell on spillway

Moulted, and moved on.

On the concrete face of a dam spillway, an empty cicada shell the size of a car clings on, split down the back. Whatever came out of it is somewhere nearby.

Field noteCicada shells are thumb-sized. One the size of a car means something car-sized has hatched.

Specimen
No. 452
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Scale
Where it doesn’t exist
A dam spillway in mist.
Nearest existing relative
A cicada shell.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking scale