Dog Days

Dog-day cicada nymphs typically climb up trees to shed their exuviae.

Sometimes on smaller plants, like shrubs, grasses.

And sometimes human structures, for which I give their sharp little toes credit.

I found these at the base of a mature oak. The tree itself had this on it:

On August 17th, I heard the Dog Day whine of a annual cicada outside the apartment for the first time this summer.

Adult form still in there…