Dog Day Cicada
What you hear screaming in the trees in the summer
We are a bit too far north for the well-known “periodic cicadas”, the ones that come out in masses every 17 or 13 years to raise a ruckus. The ones that we have are the “dog day” cicadas, that come out every summer when it gets hot to yell in the treetops.
Technically, this one wasn’t on our property, but the ones that were in our yard were at the top of the cedar tree and I couldn’t reach them. This one was found dead on a trail only about a mile from the house[1], though, so I’ll take it. From head to wingtip it is about 2 inches long, which again was way too big to be photographed with the macro lens.