Actually it sounds exactly like a space ship in a 50s sci-fi movie. The cicadas have emerged and they are singing their little heads off. What we have here are the 13 Year variety, also known as Brood XIX (nineteen) or Magicicada. They are absolutely docile but really noisy. In fact in the afternoons around here they are downright deafening. So much for the quiet country life. The summer that Malcolm was born in DC the 17 Year cicadas came out. They were bigger than this group and had a different song. Interesting creatures. If you want to hear them for yourself, go to the link. Mike recorded them:
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When I was teaching at a day care center, I took the kids on a little nature walk outside and we saw a couple of casings where they had moulted. They were stuck to the tree - so I carefully removed it and glued it to the lid of a baby food jar and glued the jar lid in place to put in the nature area in our room. The kids were so amazed to see it.
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