05-06-2011, 11:13 PM
We had them in the Chicago area about six years ago. They were so numerous that people would run from their cars to get inside only to find one or two hanging on to their clothes. Dogs went crazy eating them. But then towards the end of summer, the numbers dwindled, and you would see one or two flying around. Seemed like a sad and lonely sight these lone survivors that didn't mate at the end of season. A columnist in the Chicago tribune printed a humorous "ten lessons we learned from the cicadas":
http://passionatelycurious.typepad.com/p...aning.html
Bink.
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