Hahahahaha! Scary, eh? They’re actually the shells of larvae (?) of cicada… Here in the South they come up out of the ground and climb trees, and hang out there until they dry out a bit. Then they shed their “shells” (the shells split open along the back, not so apparent in this pic) and get on with cicada life ^_^. These fellows were particularly muddy, and had climbed a pine tree. I think I counted 80+ on this one tree…
THE MIND DOES NOT NEED A BRAIN.
leslee hare 
What are those? Bedbugs??????? Yikes! :-)
Oy vey ✽ˆ◡ˆ♥
Eliz
Hahahahaha! Scary, eh? They’re actually the shells of larvae (?) of cicada… Here in the South they come up out of the ground and climb trees, and hang out there until they dry out a bit. Then they shed their “shells” (the shells split open along the back, not so apparent in this pic) and get on with cicada life ^_^. These fellows were particularly muddy, and had climbed a pine tree. I think I counted 80+ on this one tree…
I thought it was an apt photo on many ways…