To emerge, mate, then rest in peace...

such is the cycle of the annual or "dog days" chatty cicadas.
Well, only the males are chatterboxes. Females remain silent.  Imagine that?!

M spotted this dead cicada lying on the road...truly an exquisite looking insect.

I say a lifeless cicada is a way better sighting than coming across a feathery furry sad mess of roadkill.