The 17 year cicada is here. (locust) PIC HEAVY.

[loneryder]

Thanks for the pics! Yeah like a lot of insects the only time they are docile enough to handle is right after molting.

I like cicadas, they are of course harmless but pretty fearsome looking. I read once that their call is loud enough to damage a person's hearing if they were right outside your ear.

I've been collecting them in a mason jar and throwing them into my pond. The bass love them.

 

[Rhymingmechanic]

A friend calls them the Devil's Chainsaw.

 

[kschachn]

Taken near the Washington, DC area