T.G. Tanuki's Nature Photos: Minty Fresh Cicada

Ever wonder what all that noise and buzzing is on a warm Southern evening? It's probably a cicada ! Often, the only thing you will ever see is their empty brown shell clinging to a tree trunk or bricks. That's because as they grow, they molt regularly. Here is a minty fresh, just molted cicada still clinging to its old, empty shell.