Are you ready for cicada-geddon?

[noodleoo]

May 20, 2024 15:27:24 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Northern CHI burbs - they're just coming out of the ground up here. My block doesn't really have any (yet, I am sure), but one block south - they are every.where. Saw a pile of skeletons on the sidewalk this AM and all these skeletons attached to the trees. Gawd...they're so gross.

oh boy! How long will they last? We’re visiting family in Chicago for the first time for July 4th and I’m hoping they are done because my kids will freak out otherwise!

[moreace01]

May 20, 2024 17:10:15 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

May 20, 2024 15:27:24 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Northern CHI burbs - they're just coming out of the ground up here. My block doesn't really have any (yet, I am sure), but one block south - they are every.where. Saw a pile of skeletons on the sidewalk this AM and all these skeletons attached to the trees. Gawd...they're so gross.

oh boy! How long will they last? We’re visiting family in Chicago for the first time for July 4th and I’m hoping they are done because my kids will freak out otherwise!

I think it's just 4-6 weeks. I don't think it's supposed to be as bad in the city/surrounding area as it is in the southern part of the state. Also in the city, there aren't as many trees, so not as many places for them to live. I remember the last time the 17 year ones came out - I worked in the suburbs where the noise was deafening, but I lived in the city and it wasn't really that big of a deal there.

Right now it's just gross cause it's when they shed their exoskeletons, which clings to the trees and are all over the sidewalk. Your kids might be fascinated (and grossed out at the same time). 

[Jalapeñomel]

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[pixy0stix]

Jun 7, 2024 19:27:51 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Wanna trade for the spider-pocolyse headed this way?

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I rebuke this.