Re: "Flies" vs Cicadas. | |||||
Re: "Flies" might be cicadas. -- Luann Udell | Post Reply | Edit | Forum | Where am I? |
I agree that, from Asian art, cicadas are often mistaken for "butterflies." However, a cicada generally has a very fat body, in proportion to the wings, that therefore seem proportionally smaller than those of butterflies. Note the smaller thinner abdomen of the insect in-question. It is much more butterfly-like.
This is based on the idea that the beads do not represent flies. But I suppose they might be flies, since fly depictions are known from Egyptian and other ancient art motives/iconography.
Jamey