Now, that's a bug!

First thing you need to know, I don't like bugs. At all. Second, I've heard cicadas (I mean you hear them all the time at night in the summertime). But, I've never recalled actually seeing one and someone saying, " Now that is a cicada." So when I saw this bug on my neighbor's driveway this morning, I had no idea what it was. The only thing I knew was that it was huge! The body itself is almost 2 inches long. Add in the wings and you've got one big bug.
Sarah (my neighbor) tells her daughter to move it so she won't run over it. Well, being 10, Courtney just kicks it over to the side. That's when we heard the sound. I'm not used to hearing that loud of a noise come out of one bug. No wonder the cicada sounds are so loud! There probably aren't even that many making that noise at once.
If you were watching us, you got a big laugh. I'm not sure who jumped away the farthest. So of course, I had to go get my camera, take a picture, and then get online to find out exactly what it was. So yes, it was a cicada.

You really can't tell, but this thing is huge.

The funny thing is that after looking at all of the different images online, I remember picking the shells off of the trees back in Georgia when I was younger. (I was much more of a tomboy back then.) I mean, did you know they molt? And when they do, the shell stays stuck to the side of the tree. Now, I can only think - gross!