It's a Ciccada!!!

It didn't take long to find out. Falanya from Anchorage, Alaska wasted no time in identifying the critter. Seems they're rather common, too. Odd that I've never seen one before last year, considering that I've lived all my 46 years (as of next week!) in Connecticut. I've read that some types of ciccadas (or cicadas?) are on a 17 year cycle, others are not. Maybe that's why.

As it turns out, some people think these are amazing insects. Check this out!