Cicada reveals fresh wings

Oh no, I thought, this one didn't make it.

I found the cicada emerging from its old skin on the ground. I thought it was dead so I picked it up to snap a pic with my iPhone.

But it wasn't dead. It started moving and completed the molting in my hand.

 When it started crawling up my arm, I put it back on the ground.

It continued crawling. But it seemed so vulnerable. I decided to place it on a tree.

I guess that's where the cicada wanted to be. Clinging to the bark, the cicada became very still while it unfurled its wings and stretched out its abdomen.

Such pretty wings.

Good luck, cicada. Sorry I so rudely interrupted your emergence.