A periodical cicada sighting in Prospect Park on iNaturalist brought me to my old stomping grounds. I searched the Vale, where the sighting was made, and the Midwood, but found neither sight nor sound of any. There was much else to see, otherwise, of course, including all the Chipmunks. (Green-Wood doesn’t have a large Chippy population).
Speaking again of cicadas: in reference to these and and other insects who shed their larval husks, like dragonflies and damselflies, I have used the term “exuvia” thinking the singular was appropriate for one of them. However, I’ve learned that entomologists use the plural exclusively. “Exuviae” it is, always plural, like “pants.” So noted.
Backyard and Beyond 
I learned from Sarah Elliot that the lady beetle larvae are called dragons. Does this term ring any bells?
They look like the things put in Chekov’s ear in the Wrath of Khan. That’s how I remember them…
But pants isn’t capitalized… LOL!
Latin schmatin.
While I recognize the importance of getting “the nomenclature correct”, doing better than just common names is a good start, and anybody that gives it a good go should get a “participation trophy”.
My Latin pronunciation is atrocious!
I once gave a talk on Sundews pronouncing the name dro-cera throughout only to be told afterwards that “it’s dross-era”.
Didn’t care. The info I provided was correct.