Holy crap! That looks like some sort of electronic bug.. That's really weird. I wonder if we could find it online when you get home. Maybe match the picture or something... Well, all of I have to say is EwWWwwwwwWWwwwwww!!!

...or at least that's what we called them when we were kids. Cicada is the learned term. Or looks like it to me. These are the ones that molt and leave there "shells" everywhere. I remember having invasions of the things occasionally...near Washington DC, as a kid.