Cicada on oak tree. Multitudes are singing a love chorus following a summer thunderstorm.

(click on photographs to enlarge) Cicadas are one of the longest living insects spending most of their life underground. Bugguide.net reveals further information about these singing Arthropods: http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=cicada

images by Carolyn Hietala http://carolynhietalapaintings.blogspot.com/