The voice of the cicadas became even louder whio the weather like the after effects of the rainy season continues.  In the usual year, the cicadas start screaming all at once after the rainy season, but this year the rainy season ended at a record-breaking speed, so I couldn’t hear the voice of the cicadas for a while.  The life of a cicada has a very long larval period, which is several to seven years, during which time it lives in the underground.  Eventually, he became an adult and went out to the ground after seeing the rainy season open, but he lived on the ground for a week at the longest.  In the meantime, they must leave offspring.  Male cicadas cry as loud as they can to seek female cicadas.  Still, only a handful of male cicadas can meet female cicadas. Most male cicadas die in the middle of the road, lying on their backs with running out of strength.  It’s a transient life. I sympathize deeply with the lives of the male cicadas.

残り梅雨のようなお天気が続く中、蝉の声が一段と喧しくなってきました。いつもの年なら梅雨明けと同時に蝉が一斉に鳴き出すのですが、今年は記録破りの早さで梅雨明けしたので、蝉も面食らったのか、しばらくは蝉の声も聞けませんでした。セミの一生は幼虫の期間がとても長く、数年～7年くらいで、その間はずっと池中で暮らします。やがて成虫になって、梅雨の開けるのを見計らって地上に出るのですが、地上生活は長くて１週間。その間に子孫を残さねばなりません。雄蝉は声を限りに、雌蝉を求めます。それでも雌蝉に出会える雄蝉はほんの一握り。大概の雄蝉は、道の真ん中で、力尽きて仰向けになって死んでしまいます。儚いですね。見に積まされます。