CIcada nymph, or more likely, the cast skin of one as it unburied itself and became an adult. He's a noisy cicada right now.

Thanks so much fori, I wondered why they were light as air.

we had a 17-year cicada hatch this year ⦠this is what it looked like in june

The tell-tale sign that this is an empty exoskeleton is the split back, from which the new adult extricates itself from its nymphal body. You can see it in the image and certainly in every shell that you find.

You can usually find enough to decorate a string of Christmas lights. :)