Nope. (Cicada metamorphosis)

tylertennisman · 2012-10-07T14:32:12+00:00

FYI, this is an example of hemimetabolism (incomplete metamorphosis). Cicadas undergo a series of nymph stages before finally shedding a last exuvia and emerging as an adult.

True (complete) metamorphosis (like in butterflies) is called holometabolism, where you see the classic egg-->larva-->pupa-->adult transformation.

EgoOdyssey · 2012-10-07T13:31:20+00:00

This is one of the cooler posts

EmptyAndFrantic · 2012-10-07T15:06:15+00:00

Why "nope"? It's adorable! :3

Nagus_Maximus420 · 2012-10-07T15:11:31+00:00

These are harmless

alphabot · 2012-10-07T14:18:42+00:00

in zerg voice: Metamorphosis complete!

madge_laRue · 2012-10-07T13:59:53+00:00

how can you 'nope' something with such cute lil' eyes? look at his little eyes! full of hopes and dreams, i tell ya.

ctl8 · 2012-10-07T13:54:29+00:00

This is one example of how amazing nature is.

SpacedAlien · 2012-10-07T15:41:52+00:00

Not WTF at all.

Tonka_Tough · 2012-10-07T16:31:21+00:00

title	comnts	points	age	/r/
This is how I've allways imagined the pokemon evolution.	7^coms	-3^pts	6^dys	gaming
Cicada Shedding its Shell.	8^coms	61^pts	29^dys	gifs
Why are they teal?	2^coms	-2^pts	1^mo	WTF
A molting cicada.	2^coms	8^pts	1^mo	WTF
it's not an alien maggot transformation, it's molting of cicada	0^coms	7^pts	2^mos	WTF
A Cicada Molting	222^coms	1145^pts	3^mos	WTF
Evolve!	6^coms	18^pts	4^mos	gifs
This makes me feel uncomfortable	106^coms	522^pts	7^mos	WTF
Molting Cicada	28^coms	142^pts	8^mos	pics
Kill it, Kill it with fir... It has wings! RUNNN!!	51^coms	35^pts	9^mos	WTF
A cicada molting	26^coms	72^pts	11^mos	gifs
I always wanted to see this happening	39^coms	132^pts	1^yr	gifs
Cicada Molting [gif]	152^coms	730^pts	2^yrs	offbeat

source: karmadecay

KindredBear · 2012-10-07T15:08:42+00:00

Wild Shedinja Appeared!

MrHue · 2012-10-07T15:13:03+00:00

They're harmless. I saw one that had molted a few weeks ago just chilling in the sun at the edge of the road waiting for its wings to dry. Poked it with my foot and he just kind of wobbled around. They won't hurt you you can pick them up and they won't bite or anything unless they feel severely threatened.

xenoph2 · 2012-10-07T15:08:25+00:00

It's a perfectly normal natural act, not sure what's WTF about it.

Spaghe-t · 2012-10-07T14:28:16+00:00

Had a white one that wasn't done "drying" fall off a tree on a visit to Japan, kids nearby told me to "put it out of it's misery" and killed it.

Most "wtf" moment of my life

SaloL · 2012-10-07T14:44:41+00:00

Congratulations! Your Nincada evolved into Ninjask! (Hope you had a spare space in your ~~inventory~~ party)

Edit: I'm a little slow today

sorryjzargo · 2012-10-07T14:03:18+00:00

I think that if cicadas shed their skin enough, they'll turn into Metroids

jane6742 · 2012-10-07T15:27:13+00:00

It was a rare treat to find one when I was a kid. Totally cool. Used to collect the exoskeletons and put them on our clothes and skin. Yeah, pretty weird childhood.

myevilpinky · 2012-10-07T14:53:03+00:00

Congrats, Your Nincada evolved into Shedinja

2012-10-07T14:00:31+00:00

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CrossEyedPanda · 2012-10-07T14:55:36+00:00

It's cell !!

beflatblues · 2012-10-07T16:02:30+00:00

After playing Resident Evil 6 all week, this looks familiar.

zinco96 · 2012-10-07T16:20:47+00:00

Nice, but not really a WTF/NOPENOPENOPENOPE thing.

ChatGarou · 2012-10-07T14:30:17+00:00

When I was a kid I loved catching cicadas that were about to molt and watching them.

I find it pretty amazing that they can survive at all. They are completely vulnerable and can hardly move at all when they're in the molting phase.

Sprengstoff · 2012-10-07T16:32:28+00:00

damn life you're fucked up.

MouthR0t · 2012-10-07T16:34:27+00:00

"Nope"? Don't be a fucking pussy, man. I remember these guys growing up - I used to collect their skins from the trees and I loved their mating calls. They're harmless (other than for crops) and adorable.

godmoderage · 2012-10-07T17:11:48+00:00

I have a picture of a baby cicada at the top of my desk. I LOVE these things, they're so cool. I went to missouri a few years ago and they were all over the place. My sister on the other hand hated these, haha.

zxrax · 2012-10-07T17:57:57+00:00

Looked like Cell from Dragon Ball Z

BrawnyBarney · 2012-10-07T18:26:40+00:00

What? Cicada is evolving!

DifferentNoodles · 2012-10-07T18:54:18+00:00

Hey, there was another bug inside that bug.

jintax · 2012-10-07T19:17:43+00:00

Cell from Dragonball Z ;D

revfelix · 2012-10-07T20:07:02+00:00

NOPE

crapallthetime · 2012-10-07T14:41:37+00:00

Reminds me of True Blood.

talitus · 2012-10-07T19:24:25+00:00

It's called nature. Fucking faggot.

girlinthecity · 2012-10-07T14:25:36+00:00

Nature is amazing.

gman407 · 2012-10-07T14:35:02+00:00

just like those enemies in resident evil 6

ChaGz · 2012-10-07T14:57:47+00:00

This is the beautiful creepiest thing I've ever seen.

diditforthelols · 2012-10-07T15:02:36+00:00

That was awesome!

Vodiodoh · 2012-10-07T15:10:42+00:00

Jon Cicada

KarmaKel · 2012-10-07T15:13:14+00:00

It reminds me of resident evil 6.

Riktov · 2012-10-07T15:17:06+00:00

The animation is greatly speeded up; it actually takes about an hour to emerge. The move where it pulls itself up from hanging upside down just takes about a second. I've seen this live and it really is amazing.

DocEmmettBrown88 · 2012-10-07T15:17:10+00:00

Not nearly as nope as I imagined it would be. Actually pretty amazing.

abandfromlaredo · 2012-10-07T15:30:05+00:00

awww, i used to love playing with these lil guys whenever they were around. i would also collect the exoskeletons for some reason.

hammerbeard · 2012-10-07T15:31:37+00:00

at last, I am free to go piss everyone off

njtwkr · 2012-10-07T15:36:22+00:00

Nope why? It's beautiful.

cdubbs44 · 2012-10-07T15:38:48+00:00

play the song across the universe by the beatles while watching this. The part where Lennon says "nothings gonna change my world" was playing when I saw this. Perfect timing

ooakey · 2012-10-07T15:38:58+00:00

This made me want to re-watch Nausicca.

iwrestledabeartwiceq · 2012-10-07T15:40:49+00:00

I find their shells(?) all around my yard... it's actually pretty scary

BDaught · 2012-10-07T15:45:31+00:00

C'mon. I used to get the leftover shells when I was little and hang them from my clothes.

DL34 · 2012-10-07T15:48:43+00:00

Ho, we have a shit tone of these in south of France, they really make a lot of noise. They're really lovable though, and completely harmless. They're hard to spot but you sometimes see their old skins on branches and such.

trust_me_im_a_cat · 2012-10-07T15:48:49+00:00

These little fuckers live all over the trees by my house. They are nasty as hell, and it's disgusting watching my dog crunch on an empty cicada shell.

Montmorency222 · 2012-10-07T15:48:50+00:00

Where I grew up there was a certain tree, a Crimson King of King Crimson or something. Big red tree. These guys used to be COVERING the tree. After they all shed their shells and dried out, the moved on. You could knock hundreds of these shells off the tree. There little leg barbs still worked so the shells would stick to you.

Whitworth · 2012-10-07T15:49:58+00:00

My brother and I used to watch this happened every summer in Ohio. Not a nope, it's a yup.

mms09 · 2012-10-07T15:55:41+00:00

Cicadas are fantastic!!

Candilynn · 2012-10-07T15:55:50+00:00

Apparently if you eat these things right after they come out of the shell they are rather good. I've heard they have a potatoey type texture and taste.

garlicscapes · 2012-10-07T15:59:49+00:00

Their eyes have Exoskeleton parts too?!

SpookyGent · 2012-10-07T16:00:58+00:00

Beautiful wings. What a lovely creature.

dan_457 · 2012-10-07T16:01:00+00:00

Every time I see things like this, I can't help but think of Cell(from dbz).

TonyBonanza · 2012-10-07T16:02:03+00:00

Did anyone else think that was gorgeous to watch?? Nature is da best.

Otaku-jin · 2012-10-07T16:07:05+00:00

At least it actually happens slower than that. Cicadas are super cool, though.

kccogirl · 2012-10-07T16:07:06+00:00

That's incredible, but disturbing at the same time.

jorblex · 2012-10-07T16:07:13+00:00

cicada evolved into wingcada

Topsiders · 2012-10-07T16:07:15+00:00

LOL NATURE NOPE NOPE NOPE!

jrb · 2012-10-07T16:07:44+00:00

jetdaisuke made a video of lots and lots of time lapse cicada's doing this fascinating thing... to dubstep (mute, if you don't like)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBdiv3wRItc

pringle_king · 2012-10-07T16:08:07+00:00

This was a really cool GIF with an absolutely idiotic title.

fonzalonz · 2012-10-07T16:13:45+00:00

You should have pressed B to stop it from evolving.

d2cole · 2012-10-07T16:13:54+00:00

Damn, that must itch something fierce, but imagine the relief!

anxhelino1234 · 2012-10-07T16:14:26+00:00

I like its wings, they're nice.

jam235 · 2012-10-07T16:14:45+00:00

You should have pressed B.

Munsta750 · 2012-10-07T16:16:00+00:00

Damn, nature!

bigbeaudelindeau · 2012-10-07T16:16:40+00:00

Nothing wrong with this. Think of how good that must feel.

FUFOFF · 2012-10-07T16:17:46+00:00

All nopes aside, this is actually really fucking cool.

fransanciscan · 2012-10-07T16:20:28+00:00

I love cicadas! That sir, is not a nope.

catsreaction · 2012-10-07T16:22:54+00:00

I remember as a kid I would take the exoskeleton off a tree and put them on someones back then yell "Omg there's a huge bug on you"

witzowitz · 2012-10-07T16:23:45+00:00

Goddamn, I bet that feels so good.

lifetime_at_bernies · 2012-10-07T16:25:05+00:00

Please use more paper towels...

Skyblueflora · 2012-10-07T16:26:58+00:00

CAN'T. STOP. WATCHING IT.

preo · 2012-10-07T16:27:20+00:00

i was thinking 'YAYYYY" the whole time

rycrimes · 2012-10-07T16:28:41+00:00

"Cicada metamorphosis" would've been completely fine as a title. The "nope" is very unneeded and unoriginal.

TheHumanFisto · 2012-10-07T16:28:49+00:00

THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!

atrilumen · 2012-10-07T16:28:55+00:00

I'd eat it.

bitterbeings · 2012-10-07T16:29:27+00:00

what happens to the eyes on the shell during metamorphosis? is the insect perceiving through the new pair inside the shell (and if so at what point does that start) or does it see through the old pair?

how the hell does it transition something like that?

AverageBum · 2012-10-07T16:29:43+00:00

But that noise... dear God, that noise!

CrimsonLoyalty · 2012-10-07T16:29:50+00:00

I love these things. They can't hurt you, they're beautiful to look at.

I also happen to find their song soothing.

I have no regrets.

Dxkingxd · 2012-10-07T16:30:15+00:00

The quilted quicker picker upper..

GrundleOuch · 2012-10-07T16:32:08+00:00

cicadas are awesome. they also taste amazing when fried.

JBSpartan · 2012-10-07T16:34:08+00:00

what the hell did i just watch..

eddygoombah · 2012-10-07T16:34:37+00:00

Nope? I thought that was beautiful

MangoStarr · 2012-10-07T16:35:13+00:00

COOL

tyranapuss · 2012-10-07T16:37:24+00:00

I was eating... didn't really read the title... Fuck no.

julieb5 · 2012-10-07T16:39:39+00:00

Gorgeous!

nellapoo · 2012-10-07T16:40:11+00:00

I loved collecting the little shells when I was kid living in Phoenix.

CallMeAnEngineer · 2012-10-07T16:40:40+00:00

If you 'nope' to that, I know 8 year old girls with bigger balls than you.

sean488 · 2012-10-07T16:40:57+00:00

I don't understand what's so NOPE about this.

DocileNinja · 2012-10-07T16:41:11+00:00

My .gif glitched up and it just looked like a cicada humping a paper towel roll.

RedSeven4 · 2012-10-07T16:41:15+00:00

Trapinch evolved into Vibrava!

BurnEmUp · 2012-10-07T16:41:21+00:00

This isn't for r/WTF.

MisterDings · 2012-10-07T16:41:53+00:00

I ASCEND!!

Elephant_Pizza · 2012-10-07T16:41:55+00:00

thats more cute than nope.

Melbouy889 · 2012-10-07T16:43:43+00:00

And cue incessant buzzing!

tyrone17 · 2012-10-07T16:43:45+00:00

Stop posting bugs in WTF, fucking idiots. And say "nope" one more time and I'll shove a rusty screwdriver through your ass.

herpty_derpty · 2012-10-07T16:44:27+00:00

Kafka Representin'!

Catheter · 2012-10-07T16:45:09+00:00

I loooove cicadas.

eagerbeaver1414 · 2012-10-07T16:45:40+00:00

I don't think this is either "Nope" nor "WTF". It's pretty cool.

I'm surprised it has new eyes.

deemeetree · 2012-10-07T16:46:06+00:00

Repost metamorphosis

Organs · 2012-10-07T16:46:19+00:00

I wish that was how I became an adult. Not all people; just me.

RougeTrader · 2012-10-07T16:46:22+00:00

Aww...Dats adorable :3

NewEnglandSki16 · 2012-10-07T16:46:57+00:00

viewed this while Bring it Down by Emalkay was playing. Intense as fuck. And yes fuck is intense

Dottiifer · 2012-10-07T16:47:08+00:00

I used to look for their dried up skins when I was a kid and collect them or feed them to my dogs

nickwashere · 2012-10-07T16:47:32+00:00

Of course Redditors are frightened by anything that could be found outside of a house.

BilboBaguette · 2012-10-07T16:47:40+00:00

I used to have this recurring dream when I was a kid that humans molted their skin every night while they slept and you had to escape from your husk every morning. I would put my skins on hangers and keep them in the closet. They were my me suits.

CrippledHorse · 2012-10-07T16:48:03+00:00

Is this how babies are born?

JugTvoj · 2012-10-07T16:48:06+00:00

To put it mildly, I dislike insects in general. But these, these are kind of cool and harmless. Just hanging out in the trees, making some noise...Not trying to get in your pillow and then hang out around your mouth, nose, and eye lids as you sleep.

cive666 · 2012-10-07T16:49:22+00:00

Is this that bug that makes that loud high pitch sound in the hot summer months?

juma606 · 2012-10-07T16:49:28+00:00

He thinks paper towels are trees.

Demolin · 2012-10-07T16:50:47+00:00

Im sure you remember the cicadas that came out a few years back (these were the ones that were literally everywhere) They only come out once a decade or something.

I was a kid then, am i the only one who ate these things live for money??

Lumepall · 2012-10-07T16:52:21+00:00

The wings! They're beautiful!

shartmobile · 2012-10-07T16:53:21+00:00

Nope? This is a resounding Yup!

JurassicParkerr · 2012-10-07T16:53:26+00:00

How did it taste?

djetaine · 2012-10-07T16:53:42+00:00

nope? This is amazing. Nature is cool, yo.

killerwin · 2012-10-07T16:55:02+00:00

Fun Fact: Cicadas make noise with the southern voice. Just thought you guys should know...

newjonas · 2012-10-07T16:55:13+00:00

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3r8n3r/

GoneFar · 2012-10-07T16:57:02+00:00

Did anyone else imagine it hissing "I... am... ALIVE!!!" and possibly a monomaniacal laugh in there?

irkp · 2012-10-07T16:57:10+00:00

Not sure if to downvote because am disgusted; or to upvote because am disgusted

FluroBlack · 2012-10-07T16:58:34+00:00

I lived in Okinawa Japan for 4 years. These things were everywhere and when they shed like that the shell goes hard. You can pluck the shells off of whatever there on and they stick to your clothes like velcro.

Miss those days in Japan.

gammarayzzz · 2012-10-07T17:01:24+00:00

Come to St. Louis when it's time for the 18 year cicadas to come out of the ground. They come out, fuck like no other, have a bunch of fucking babies and die and leave all their shells everywhere and it's like a sea of cicada shells.

ZoMbIEx23x · 2012-10-07T17:02:47+00:00

Every time I play Resident Evil 6 now, Cicadas, Cicadas everywhere.

carniemechanic · 2012-10-07T17:02:50+00:00

Nope? It's a wonder to behold. Don't be such a wimp.

rwingvr6 · 2012-10-07T17:03:51+00:00

eeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

ch0och · 2012-10-07T17:04:18+00:00

My mother in law had a cicada shell just hanging out on her patio table. I had never seen one before. My brunch went flying.

WTF

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