The spotted black Cicada are the first cicadas to emerge in spring, and you should be hearing them, if not finding them, around now.
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They only live for a couple of months and when they die they can be found like this one below clinging onto its perch, with mould growing around its body.
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Look for them in large numbers on plant stems or on the trunks of trees.
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