critters

This year's cicada species. Their voices are much quieter than last time!

Delighted to find baby skinks in my mailbox spot (which is thick with celosia now, most of it self-seeded). I am pretty sure these are new young ones from this year, I've never seen any so small before. 

The whole body of the skink and its head, no larger or thicker than my pinkie finger. It was hard to get at least one decent photo, they darted so quick around the mailbox post to avoid me when I leaned in close. I saw three!