ug, that's one ugly bug! cool shot though, you sacrifice much for your art!

well when I was little I wouldn't want to go any were near one of these things... But once I saw one after I was older and heard it get upset and make that noise It brought back memories of when I was a kid. Light bulb went off in my head. Ooooo So that's what the heck that thing was so many years ago that scared me so much... Awww they're not that bad...

does bring back ooooolllld memories of my aunts farm, hearing the noise, and seeing the gross molting husks on the trees wondering what kind of monster came out of em...one's not bad, a swarm is another matter! ew!

i on the other hand find them adorable! i love all the colors they come in

Florida has tiny ones with red wings.

the ones here are about the size of a thumb, and are really colorfull, the head part has a camo pattern on it and the wings are green and black

Sounds like the ones I grew up with. Now that you mentioned it, they had a mostly black camo look on their thorax (shoulder part between head and abdomin). They were powder like grey under neath and had green and clear wings. top of the abdomin was black. Eyes were not red. And the green on the wings was the same shade of green as the color used on interstate highway direction signs.

I remember the one I found when I was little was green... Like a metallic green just as you describe. It was quite beautiful what little I can remember of it but I didn't stick around to look much.

They were my favorite bug when I was a kid. Use to catch them all the time when I could...They are quick bugs.
The colors were different on the ones where I grew up. Instead of black with orange wings, they were grey with green wings...a much prettier bug.
When ever I'd catch one, it would sound off with a long, "NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA". I use to think that was so cool...and still do. It's only the males that sing. I would hear them in the trees sounding off, "NA NA NA NA NA NA NA". And at sunset, a bunch of them would give that long "NAAAAAAAA" sound. They drink fluid from trees the same way a mosquito drinks blood. I observed one doing that once on an elm tree when I was 11 years old.

both our cat and dogs go nuts after these things XD its sooo friggen funny watching the cat go after one. the woods around our house is STUFFED with the things...sounds like a friggen UFO all around us XD