The New Hotness

Even though cicadas are completely harmless, Mary was quite startled to discover one crawling up the back of her garden pants:

It seems the cicada mistook her for a tree.

They’re handsome creatures:

They’re very conspicuous on fabric:

I teleported it to a maple tree, where it was better camouflaged:

When last seen, it was headed upward at a pretty good pace. We wished it well on its adventures …