The 12 year cicadas are out for this #wednesdaywalk by @tattoodjay
I was walking back through the neighborhood after gettin a haircut and one of these guys landed on my drink.
It finally got warm enough here for them to emerge and hatch.
Now they are turning suburbia into an apocalypse by covering everything with their shells.
These guys are quite numerous so they are slow and have nearly zero self preservation instincts.
Evolution's brute force strategy.
Sometimes nature doesn't work out.
Quite a few defective ones either got stuck halfway hatching or came out deformed. These guys get cleaned up by robins, ants, rodents and domesticated dogs.
Most were able to emerge and dry out correctly in the sun.
Now their shells cover every tree.
And every other vertical surface.
If only someone could figure out an industrial use for these shells they would be rich.
Now the great feast is happening.
Robins are loving it.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)