Saturday, June 28, 2008

Cicadas




This year we received a large emergence of cicada at various spots in this area. During the Father's Day weekend we took a trip through Rothrock State Forest to a spot on North Bear Meadows road where I had earlier heard what sounded like a cicada party.




After a short hike we discovered many exit holes where the larva emerged and saw a large number of empty husks. All around us were whirring cicadas and we took several photos.

Also found up on this ridge was a box turtle.

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