Look who's back. I don't think these cicada's are part of the huge 17 year cycle ones, but at least on this side of town, I have noticed their distinctive buzz in the treetops for the last several days. I went walking this afternoon over at Winged Deer and look what I found. So many empty carapaces around, especially on the undersides of leaves. I used to love finding these discarded exoskeletons as a kid, and then scaring my sisters with them. The last 17 year brood explosion was not that long ago. It's a wondrous sight to behold, they were literally everywhere. No avoiding them, my clearest memories was the excitement of the dogs. These pooches were anxious to go outside and crunch crunch crunch. They ate these things like I would eat M&Ms. Lots of wings and legs in their teeth.... and later on... very noticeable in their poop. I wonder what sort of cycle this year's brood is. All this time, they were underground feeding off of tree root sap. They decided at ...