Debutante
After 17 years underground, the periodic cicadas of Brood II emerge in the billions to molt, mate and die
within a few weeks. While my area has yet to see any, go 15 miles south of here and they are out in full force.
This cooperative model is perched on top of a chain-link fence in an old churchyard outside Springfield, VA.
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