Not sure how it is where you are but here the locusts have been coming out in full force over the last 3 days. Lark has been busy trying to eat as many as she can before they mature enough to fly away. I'm just waiting to come in to find a pile of locust barf. If the real 17 year cycle is supposed to be 4 years from now, maybe I should find another place to live before then! Here are 2 photos from this morning on our fence:
Empty shells and newly emerged locusts:
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Emerging nymph, or whatever you call them at this stage:
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