Auf wiedersehen Brood X cicadas

As the door closes on Brood X in 2021, cicadas leave behind billions of holes to aerate the soil, a feast for necrophagous creatures like tiny hungry ants, oily spots along roads where cars were the grim reaper, sidewalks littered with shells and carcasses, and tons of shed skins and decaying bodies that return nutrients to the soil. A solitary late comer to the party wanders amongst earthly remains of its brood mates. Auf wiedersehen Brood X, until next time in 2038.

[brianweber]

Poignant shot of the single cicada looking for company among all the dead ones.