We got our first IOWA sighting!
Questions:
- When will they be gone??? About 2 weeks after the last one emerges. By the time Independence day rolls around, most places will be “liberated” from them.
- What’s that smell??? Like any rotting animal, cicadas emit a funky stank after they die. I think they smell like old bacon grease, other’s say Limburger cheese, wet dog…
- I haven’t seen any cicadas yet, does that mean I won’t see/hear any? Probably; time to get in the car and go to them.
Locations:
- Cedar River near Atalissa, Iowa
- Lombard and Elmhurst are “cicada heaven”
- At Lake Geneva at Aurora University the Cicada were EVERYWHERE
- Singing in Wheaton
- Palos Heights is crawling with these things.
- All over the place in Wheeling, IL
- EVERYWHERE in Schiller Park
- Big Foot Beach State Park (southern Wisconsin next to Lake Geneva)
- Aurora,IL
We’re in McLean County, specifically, Normal, IL
The map indicates that parts of McLean County will get Brood XIII this year but we haven’t seen/heard much of them either in town or the story being covered by the local media.
My question is, will Bloomington/Normal, IL (McLean County) have a good dose of Brood XIII this year. It’s been sparse so far this summer. – Thanks
Comment by don laken — June 23, 2007 @ 7:01 pm
Do you think periodical cicadas are able to spread over a further distance with all of the housing developments replacing cornfields in Illinois? The cornfields used to be praries and had no periodical cicadas.
Comment by Greg — June 25, 2007 @ 11:43 am
I like the way you’re thinking.
Comment by Dan — June 25, 2007 @ 3:10 pm