Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid!

We went out to Anvil Rock again and the noise of the cicadas was deafening, so loud that my ears hurt.
A quick google reveals that the volume can reach 150 DCBs.
There's too much to say about them, but there's an article in the local paper which may interest you, and this one which has a more scientific approach.
I think this is a Yellow Monday, but I stand to be corrected.
I find them much more interesting now than when I was a child, and everybody's ambition was to find a Black Prince.

There is disagreement among scientists about the period each species stays underground, but apparently the conditions are perfect at the moment, possibly because of climate change.