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When I was a child of about 10 I was setting in the yard one evening. Happened to notice the ground moving in one little spot. After a few minutes this slimy little critter slowly crawled out from under the ground. It sat there for a little and the slimy stuff dried and hardened. A little while later the hard shell broke open and a cicada made it's way out. The shriveled up "wings" started opening and spreading out larger and larger. The whole process took a few hours. Then little dude flew away.
A pretty good evening for a 10 year old country boy.

He's trying to mate with you.

I found one floating dead in my pool.

I remember picking the shells off of trees as a boy on a trip to illinois