WHEATON, Ill. — The most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound — an eerie, amazingly loud song that gets in a person’s ears and won’t let much else in.
Water droplets cling to the wings of an adult periodical cicada June 4 at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Ill. The most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound.
Two adult periodical cicadas mate June 4 at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Ill. The songs they sing — only from males — are mating calls.
Carolyn Kaster, Associated Press
The tymbal, a white membrane on a periodical cicada male's midsection used to create sound, is displayed June 5 by Jennifer Rydzewski, an insect ecologist for the DuPage Forest Preserve, in Wheaton, Ill.
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Periodical cicadas enthusiast Roger McMullan, who is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel "Cicadapocalypse," aims to educate young, curious minds about the mysterious and fascinating insect.
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Water droplets cling to the wings of an adult periodical cicada June 4 at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Ill. The most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound.
The tymbal, a white membrane on a periodical cicada male's midsection used to create sound, is displayed June 5 by Jennifer Rydzewski, an insect ecologist for the DuPage Forest Preserve, in Wheaton, Ill.
Two adult periodical cicadas mate June 4 at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Ill. The songs they sing — only from males — are mating calls.
