ohhh neat I see the shells all over the place where I live but have never seen one out of the shell.

Me either until now haha it was huuuuuuge I can't believe he was stuffed in that tiny shell

I Always hear these guys during the summer but have never seen one!

Really?? I don't think I've really heard them here, I was really surprised to find one so far north where it's cold haha

Yeah i am in upstate NY near glens falls ad generally i hear them on really warm days

I seen one as it was actually emerging from it's shell.

Holy shit hat sounds incredible :OO

It was pretty cool and yet gross at the same time.

Wow. Cool! 😃😃👍🏼 You live where cicadas are? How's the sound?

It's funny because I live in upstate NY and it's very cold here most of the year so we don't get a lot of critters until sumemr time. I found a skin once when I was a child and am just now seeing the cicada itself, which may actually line up with the apparent 14-year gap between generations they have since that sounds about right for my age when I found the shells then. Really interesting stuff, I didn't know they came around here either but perhaps they migrate. Still learning about these fascinating critters ;v;

Yeah the cicada's lifecycle is very fascinating. Specially how I find all lot of animals take advantage of it and it's like a rare feast for them. Still like to learn more about this insect.

Was terrified of these things as a child, and still am. XD

Haha I've never encountered one before and this one was tired so I didn't have to deal with any sudden movements XD

We have them here every year, and a kid, I once had one on the side of my house that was the size of a small bird. When they take off flying by your head and make the buzzing sound, I just ruuuuun. xD

oh you guys are getting them now? hehe here in ohio we get them every 17 years.. such wonderful bug.. we had millions of them a few months back, got pictures of them crawling out of the shell <3 was so damn cool!

Their generational gap is so fascinating to me. Seems like in cooler places they're rarer

ATM, Texas in infested with them, tis the season. Was one hatching out on my gate just yesterday and they are always flying into my flashlight.

Oh wow someone else mentioned to me that they're more common down south. Which is interesting, I live in chilly upstate NY so I don't get to see many of the cooler insects. I found two praying mantids when I was a kid too, which is my favorite insect, but those were the only two I'd ever seen up here and they seemed really sluggish. Strange stuff

Very cool photo! I've seen one emerging from its shell before, which was cool to watch. They are common here in North Carolina.