This project was made during the emergence of the 17 year Periodical Cicada in 2004. There was no shortage of models for this project and I had one very willing who hung around for about a week while I studied its movement. This cicada has five hinges in each leg to achieve a range of motion similar to the insect's real anatomical range-of-motion. One difference that I made was to construct a mouth that looks more like a sharks mouth, instead of the long proboscis.