With temperatures in the 40s all day, Claire walked the dog early and I watered the veggies. Then we picked 6 bins of apricots. The last time I stepped on that 'picking ladder' was 1982!
Sitting neatly on top of an apricot was a cicada nymph exoskeleton. Emerging as an adult (winged) creature, it will have climbed the tree after spending between 1 to 17 years underground in it's nymph stage! Although it won't live for nearly as long as an adult, (a few days or weeks), it will make that deafening noise in the evening for which they are famous. A fuller explanation of all things cicada is here.
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