WTF Is It Now?!?

They're heeeeeere
The first cicadas of the season.

They appear around sunset, males slightly preceding females. Males form chorusing centers of great aggregations. Singing peaks around 10:00 AM. Adults feed on a wide range of woody plants during the day; such feeding is apparently restricted to the females since the male digestive tract is rudimentary. Oviposition begins about 2 weeks after emergence.

The three species of cicadas have unique calls - which vary from a high-pitched hollow whistle to a series of clicks and buzzes to the sound of a rotary sprinkler head - so that only females of their own kind are attracted. Responsive females make a sound by flicking their wings, which is similar to flipping through a deck of cards.

[D]ead bug corpses will decay in the heat of summer and begin to smell like ripe Limburger cheese. The odor will last for about two weeks.

Mmmmmmm, bug cheese...


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