Subject: unfortunalety not alive
Location: Ajax, Ontario , Canada
July 30, 2017 10:49 am
Hi, I found this bug on my fence he’s dried up already, from the picture his eyes are in a weird location Thanks for helping identify, Darron
Location, Ajax, Ontario , Canada.Summer, pic taken on 07.30.2017.
Signature: Darron
Dear Darron,
This is NOT a dead insect. This is the exuvia or cast-off exoskeleton of a Cicada. The Cicada nymph spent several years underground, and then tunneled to the surface where it molted of the last time, emerging as an adult, winged Cicada.