Annual cicadas are known as such because groups of them emerge every summer and are responsible for the drone that so many Southerners and Midwesterners associate with late summertime.
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The cicadas are really loud this year.
When this one landed on our deck, he caught my eye.
I thought his green color with black & gold markings looked quite pretty in the golden hour lighting.
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