Buggin out...

So, every year we get a few Cicadas that emerge from the ground and make a racket each evening.  This year we seemed to have more than in the past but certainly the likes of what folks here saw about 4 years ago.  Anywho, Mark managed to catch this guy coming out of his shell.  Rather freaky if I do say so myself..

As it started to emerge the wings were these crumpled little stubs on the back of it's body.  Within 30 min or so they'd unfolded to the neon attachments below!