Monday, May 28, 2007

More Cicadas!

The Cicadas are here!

A colleague told me he was on a property in Winnetka (a nearby suburb for those not in the Chicago area), and, using his words, "It looked like the ground was moving!"

Our brood (Brood XIII), is supposed to be the biggest in the U.S. There is a lot of anxiety about them, but I'm excited. In response to my last e-newsletter (sign up here), several folks in the Mid-Atlantic told me their brood(s) arrived 2 or 3 years ago. Same in Indiana. All I can tell you is that ours is arriving as I type!

My friend Pam Duthie sent me a link to the the following video which tells how these fascinating critters work. Really cool.


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