Of course I've heard of cicadas, but I'd never heard cicadas until I came here. They are huge and alien and loud and generally freak me the hell out. My first cicada 'experience' was in New Orleans - they make a noise that we thought was the power lines doing something weird. There are even more of them in Memphis. Imagine a chicken egg, then put wings on it and have it fly around like a demented bumble bee and make a noise that sounds a little bit like screaming. The only saving grace is that the don't bite or sting or pinch or lay eggs in your ear...I think.
Don't get me started on the cockroaches...or chiggers - here they come again, the jibblies.
Yes, the picture is blurry and its wing is cut off. It was as close as I was willing to get, and I didn't stay for very long.
What more? How about this? Or this? Wait! this will make it better! Ok, maybe just weirder, but it took your mind off the scary bugs, didn't it?
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