Cicada

Wow, such an interesting spotting. Tragic for the poor cicada though :(

Sounds like a plan. Our ants are birds.

While researching for my book on survival I learnt that this is the species' survival strategy. It satiates the predators ..those emerging later go on to lay eggs....those that emerge first act as food to dull the hunger pangs of predators. Brutal....but effective That is why the large numbers.

Sometimes nature seems so unfair. ;-)