It spent the whole time we were here in the parking lot; apparently it's been here for a couple of weeks. I'm guessing someone fed it. Someone thought it had the beginning of mange.
*part of range expansion phenomenon. In Cape May, NJ
Wow the BugGuide page on identifying the species the vision model suggests, Neotibicen linnei - Linné's Annual Cicada... It's extremely long, inconclusive, and full of caveats. https://bugguide.net/node/view/32143
I wanna say it looks right but I have low confidence.
In a stream, semi covered in mud.