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Cicadidae
He was on a beam on my front porch, I don't know what is covering him..
Wow, Ive never seen them still in this form. Only adults & disgarded "shells". I used to klimb trees & catch them when I was a kid. Nice spotting!
They are definitely an indicator of summer, and they're pretty much my favorite sound of summer.
When I hear them I know we are in the heat of summer, as a kid I associate that sound with the smell of a swimming pool and hot pavement!
Great creatures, very important to the ecosystem. They have a great musical sound they make....in some cases a bunch of them can be so loud they are often mistaken for tree frogs.
They emerge from the ground to perform their final molt into adulthood, so this is probably just soil.
Spotted on May 15, 2011
Submitted on Mar 3, 2012
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