The Trial of Cicadas(セミの試練)
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Yesterday, I saw a very pitiful cicada.
As you all know, the cicadas spend almost all their lives under the ground.
When they change into the imago, they crawl out from the ground, and hold on branch or something.
After their dramatic transformation, they cast off skin and fly away to the giant sky.
Dramatic transformation also seems to the time when the crisis comes over.
If they can't do adult emergence well, they can't fly and leave offspring too.
After the cicada's larva casts off skin holding on branch, it stretches its wings with the assistance of gravity.
If it falls down or something happens at that time, the wings can't be stretched.
I think the cicada I saw yesterday was that one.
There was a cast-off skin near it.
Trying to think about it from those things, the adult emergence might begin
before they reached the appropriate place.
It was still alive, but it wouldn't be able to fly because its wings didn't be stretched enough.
I had a sympathy for it, but I wasn't able to do anything.
I think cicadas are only cicadas that are singing loudly when the summer comes.
I've known there are many trials even on the cicada's living.
Thank you for reading!
As you all know, the cicadas spend almost all their lives under the ground.
When they change into the imago, they crawl out from the ground, and hold on branch or something.
After their dramatic transformation, they cast off skin and fly away to the giant sky.
Dramatic transformation also seems to the time when the crisis comes over.
If they can't do adult emergence well, they can't fly and leave offspring too.
After the cicada's larva casts off skin holding on branch, it stretches its wings with the assistance of gravity.
If it falls down or something happens at that time, the wings can't be stretched.
I think the cicada I saw yesterday was that one.
There was a cast-off skin near it.
Trying to think about it from those things, the adult emergence might begin
before they reached the appropriate place.
It was still alive, but it wouldn't be able to fly because its wings didn't be stretched enough.
I had a sympathy for it, but I wasn't able to do anything.
I think cicadas are only cicadas that are singing loudly when the summer comes.
I've known there are many trials even on the cicada's living.
Thank you for reading!
昨日、とっても可哀想なセミを見ました。
みなさんもご存知のように、セミは生涯の大半を地面の下で過ごします。
セミは成虫になる時に地面から這い出してきて、木の枝などにつかまって
人生最大の大変身をして殻を脱ぎ捨て大空に飛び立ちます。
大変身はまた試練の時でもあるようです。
上手に羽化できないと空を飛ぶことは出来ないし、子孫を残すこともできません。
セミの幼虫は枝につかまり殻を脱ぎ捨てた後、重力の助けも借りて翅を伸ばします。
この時に地面に落ちたりすると翅がうまく伸びません。
昨日見たのはそんなセミだったようです。
近くに抜け殻もありました。
それから考えてみると、脱皮をするのに適した場所までたどり着く前に
羽化が始まってしまったのかもしれません。
まだ生きてはいましたが、翅がうまく伸びていなかったので空を飛ぶことはできないでしょう。
可哀想だとおもったけど、どうすることもできませんでした。
夏になるとただうるさく鳴いているだけのセミだと思っていたけど、
色々な試練がセミの世界にもあるのだということを知りました。
読んでくれてありがとう。
みなさんもご存知のように、セミは生涯の大半を地面の下で過ごします。
セミは成虫になる時に地面から這い出してきて、木の枝などにつかまって
人生最大の大変身をして殻を脱ぎ捨て大空に飛び立ちます。
大変身はまた試練の時でもあるようです。
上手に羽化できないと空を飛ぶことは出来ないし、子孫を残すこともできません。
セミの幼虫は枝につかまり殻を脱ぎ捨てた後、重力の助けも借りて翅を伸ばします。
この時に地面に落ちたりすると翅がうまく伸びません。
昨日見たのはそんなセミだったようです。
近くに抜け殻もありました。
それから考えてみると、脱皮をするのに適した場所までたどり着く前に
羽化が始まってしまったのかもしれません。
まだ生きてはいましたが、翅がうまく伸びていなかったので空を飛ぶことはできないでしょう。
可哀想だとおもったけど、どうすることもできませんでした。
夏になるとただうるさく鳴いているだけのセミだと思っていたけど、
色々な試練がセミの世界にもあるのだということを知りました。
読んでくれてありがとう。
The Trials and Tribulations of Cicadas(セミの試練)
Note: "trials and tribulations" is a set phrase and refers to troubles and events that cause suffering
- for example, "the trials and tribulations of marriage"
Yesterday, I saw a very pitiful/pitiable cicada.
Note: "pitiable" = "Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion"
As you probably know, the cicadas spend almost all their lives underground.
When they change into an imago, they emerge from the ground, and cling onto a branch or something similar.
After their metamorphosis, they cast off their shell and fly up into the heavens.
It is at this time of dramatic transformation that a crisis can occur.
If they can't complete the metamorphosis properly, they can't fly or procreate.
After the cicada's larva emerges from its shell, it stretches its wings with the assistance of gravity.
If it falls down or some other untoward thing happens at this time, the wings cannot be extended.
I think this is what had happened to the cicada I saw yesterday.
There was a cast-off shell near it.
Perhaps, in this case, the metamorphosis had begun
before it reached an appropriate place.
It was still alive, but it wouldn't have been able to fly because its wings had not been properly/sufficiently extended.
I felt sympathy for it, but I wasn't able to do anything.
In the past, I have only thought of cicadas as being those creatures which sing/drone loudly with the coming/arrival of summer
but I realize now that there are many hardships even in the life of a cicada.
I love the look of cicadas and their shells and I miss their summer droning (where I live now there are no cicadas). Their life has always seemed a little tragic to me. So long underground and only a brief time in the sun.
Cicadas can live only for a short time after the metamorphosis, so I felt sympathy all the more for the reason.
実際はこのビデオのように短い時間ではありませんでした。
The Trials and Tribulations of Cicadas(セミの試練)
As you all know, the cicadas spend almost all their lives under the ground.
When they change into the imago, they crawl out from the ground, and hold on to a branch or something.
After their dramatic transformation, they cast off their skin and fly away to the giant sky.
After the cicada's larva emerges casts off skin holding on branch, it stretches it's wings with the assistance of gravity.
If it falls down or something happens at during that time, the wings can't be expanded.
I think the cicada I saw yesterday was that one of these cases.