Cicadas

Rontuner

Walking down Michigan Ave. this evening after dinner (downtown next to symphony center) I heard my first cicada in the city coming from a tree...

ShiroKuro

I haven’t heard any down here yet.

dolmansaxlil

The cicadas are here. As with all bug related sightings I know this because a student brought one to me on the playground

wtg

The serviceberries are abundant this year. I think that's because the birds that normally eat the serviceberries are gorging on cicadas and have no appetite for dessert. We like this. More berries for me.

ShiroKuro

I’ve never heard of a service berry!

wtg

They're definitely winding down here. Can still hear them, but they aren't as loud as they were a couple of weeks ago. And we don't see any on the driveway or on the bricks on the house.

Haven't seen any zombie cicadas. https://www.nbcchicago.com/cicadas-illinois-chicago-2024/are-you-seeing-this-on-cicadas-in-your-area-it-could-be-a-fungus-that-turns-them-into-zombies/3460833/

Au revoir, buggies. See you again in 17 years.

wtg

They're gone, but signs of their recent visit are abundant...and I've been blaming inept squirrel nest builders for dropping chewed off branches on the lawn...turns out it's not the rodents...

https://bygl.osu.edu/node/417

Rontuner

Still heard some tuning in the western burbs today...

wtg

We're hearing the usual ones we get every year. Saw one on the bricks of our house and it doesn't have the red eyes. Their call is quite a bit different, too.

Steve Miller

Didn’t hear any cicadas this year, but the Canadian Soldiers (Mayflies) have been intense!

wtg

We have bonus bugs, courtesy of the cicadas.

Mites:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/itchy-in-illinois-a-mite-y-boom-in-the-wake-of-cicadas-may-be-to-blame/

Rontuner

I had a random bite on my legs after tuning in an area that had cicada swarms. I though a mosquito got me...
Now I have a few more up around my shoulders. Mom confirms the mites are nasty in her neighborhood, where I stop by once a week... At least I know what they are!

Way itchy...

WTF-Beta

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