We're into the real summer heat now here at Struan Farm. John and I noticed a few days ago that the cicadas had started their annual courtship period, buzzing away. So off I went in search of their casings/shells on tree trunks around the farm, and found some straight away:
Cicadas incubate underground in autumn, winter and spring, rising up in summer to abandon their protective shells and buzzing to attract mates. Bizarre but interesting. We find the casings on certain types of large trees but not others, not sure why.
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