[yorkie]

JC - did you take those pictures? They are GREAT close-ups!

Here is an interesting clip about the 'birth' of the cicada - and the 'chorus' of their call (in the background).

Cicada Chorus

[jaycee]

No yorkie, I didn’t take the picture....not quick enough to remember I have a camera now...LOL! I got the pictures from the Internet. If I had taken the picture from inside the window, would that have shown up? There’s so much I don’t know yet about the camera.

I could have gone outside and took its picture and wished I had. It finally left but it stayed there about 4 hours. Maybe its on its way to Arizona, huh? They don’t hurt people. I will look at your video....they can be noisy when there is a lot of them. That thing was almost as big as my hummingbirds.

[jaycee]

That video is very interesting. I have heard they swarm every 7 years. Do not know is this is true or not.

[OESY]

I hope Socrates was kidding. Maybe he was actually threatening members of his choral group with burial for 17 years if they didn't shape up and learn the music. What a cut-up he was! Never thought he'd amount to anything.