May 2004 Archives

For those wondering not only waht the cicadas look like, but how they sound, here's a video for you. It starts off quiet, with the first day they really started making noise, but the second part was taken today, and it's quite a bit louder. Click on the cicada below to start the video.

In case you ever wondered what they looked like, here you go:

A nice closeup.

They generally climb trees and shed their shells, but telephone poles work too.

And this is what ends up at the bottom of the telephone pole. Yuck! It looks a lot like this everywhere these days, and it's hard to take a walk without killing a few along the way.

Coming soon, the ever-wonderful sound of the cicadas.