Why cicadas? Why??

Why did God make cicadas?

If it wasn't to irritate and laugh at humans than I'm just stumped. They are the single most headache-inducing irritation. I wished I could listen to music while I write, but then I start singing along and forget about writing.

To my knowledge, cicadas don't have any redeeming value except to make hideous noise--probably to find mates--so they can irritate me a year or sixteen down the line.

We've had cicadas since June this year. They love the heat and we had some 100 degree days that month. If you see holes in the ground about 1/2 inch in diameter, that's where they hatched. And that doesn't count all the little exoskeleton carcasses strewn all over the trees and fences as they grow. I've pulled out more dead ones in the pool this year than in my previous eleven years of pool ownership.

Their only redeeming value is when you pick one up to scare the kiddo. NOW, that's fun!

I hate cicadas.