If you are like us and living in the midst of cicada hell, you have my sympathy. If you are not, you are very, very lucky. Here in Central Illinois, we have our once-every-thirteen-years visit from the cicadas. They are disgusting creatures. There are billions and billions of them. They are huge—about 1 inch long and extremely ugly. They don’t bite or sting (thank God!) but they are terribly loud and they fly right into you. They come out of the ground, mature, mate, lay eggs and die. Then their rotting carcasses start to stink. Yuck. Just yuck. Mowing the yard is a little step into hell for me. They are attracted to the hum of the mower and they just go crazy. I walked around my yard and took some pictures.
These are the shells. They come out of the ground and shed their exoskeleton. There are piles of them everywhere.
4 comments:
I can so relate to your "hell" as here in Missouri, we are dealing with them too! We live in a rural area with a lot of trees and toward the late afternoon, the sound is deafening. They have flown into my car while driving, clung to my clothes as I am going into work and smeared my windshield! I will be glad when they are gone.
I am surprised you have them there as my family in mid to southern IL don't have any!
Would you believe on my side of toen we have none!!!!
Shelly
I am near Peoria and thank God I haven't seen any yet...if I do I will stay in my house until they are gone!
We don't have any, either!! But, I just threw up in my mouth over your pix!! Yucky, Yuck, Yuck!!!! :(
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