Cicada
July 15, 2012
Hard to believe this little bugger is what drowns out everything else on summer nights.
There is a story attached to this one (to be posted soon).
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Cicada
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Behind cohutt's fence 
Don’t they shed their exoskeletons at some point? BTW, your closeup photography is amazing.
Gracias
The eggs hatch to nymphs, which spend a few years burrowing underground. When they molt, they leave behind the hard shell and become the adult shown above. Time lapse of molt here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada#Life_cycle
I think these critters are just creepy gross.
Ha just wait til my nest post. 😉