Cicada mania!

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.