A cicada crawls away from its nymph shell on a Greenfield bicycle tire on Wednesday.
A cicada crawls away from its nymph shell on a Greenfield bicycle tire on Wednesday. Credit: Staff photo/Paul Franz

A cicada, with its wide-set eyes, emerges from its underground nymph stage splitting its shell-like back, and spreading and drying its wings before flying up into the trees to produce its signature buzzing call to attract a mate in its last stage of life. Seen on a Greenfield bicycle tire.

Paul Franz is the Photo Editor of the Greenfield Recorder and has worked there since 1989. He can be reached at pfranz@recorder.com