The Cicadas are coming!  The Cicadas are coming!  It’s an invasion!

Actually, this is all pretty fascinating to me.

The Cicadas have been underground for about 17 years and this week, they are emerging from their graves in the North East.  These little sweethearts do not sting or bite but they have extremely loud mating calls.  The title of this horror flick is    Brood XIII and it’s happening all across northern Illinois and parts of Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana.

So, I’m going to be on the look-out for loud, crunchy bugs this week.  Not sure how many we’ll see in our neighborhood, as we don’t have many big trees.  Those folks who live closer to the city in the more “wooded” burbs, well, time to break out the ear plugs.

Oh, they are very high in protein too, so capture a few and throw them into your dog’s bowl for a healthy snack (gross).

*Original Chicago Moms Blog post