October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
Thank You Ginny, I believe you. I remember seeing these in Mechanicsburg, P.A. in my early boyhood where I lived from 1955-59. Then moved to Northern California in 1959 and never saw these again. Same thing with Lightning Bug/Fireflies. They don,t exist out here. Miss them both.
Me on a Monday morning only I don’t become the butterfly.
What Ginny said ew
That would be the Cicades leave their exoskeleton on trees when they “molt” and become adults. Much like a catepillar becomming a butterfly.
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Glenn Zoslaw
Thank You Ginny, I believe you. I remember seeing these in Mechanicsburg, P.A. in my early boyhood where I lived from 1955-59. Then moved to Northern California in 1959 and never saw these again. Same thing with Lightning Bug/Fireflies. They don,t exist out here. Miss them both.
Marianne Herrmann
Me on a Monday morning only I don’t become the butterfly.
Sally
What Ginny said ew
Ginny
That would be the Cicades leave their exoskeleton on trees when they “molt” and become adults. Much like a catepillar becomming a butterfly.