DALE’S MAILBAG

“I found a couple of cicadas shedding their exoskeleton. The finished-product-next-to-the-shell photo is courtesy of my daughter Amy March .” — Mary March

A: First off, I love Amy March’s photo. The singing of dog-day (annual) cicadas has been noticeable the last few weeks, but I have yet see to any cicada killer wasps emerge from our neighbor’s gravel drive this summer.