CHICAGO (WLS) — There’s been plenty of buzz about cicadas for months, and they’re finally here.
There are two kinds of broods making their debut in Illinois right now.
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For the first time in 221 years, both the 13-year and 17-year cicadas are emerging at the same time.
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But that double brood emergence can only be seen in a small section of the state, just north of Champaign and Springfield.
The Dupage County Forest Preserve reenacted what the imminent Illinois cicada double brood emergence will look like in a social media video.
In the Chicago area, the 17-year cicadas, along with the much larger annual, or Dog Day cicadas, are expected.
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Meteorologists Tracy Butler and Larry Mowry break it all down with some of Chicago’s leading bug experts during Cicada-Cast 2024.
The ABC7 Chicago Cicada-Cast 2024 breaks down the latest on the Illinois cicada emergence, including facts about the insects.
In-studio guests include Jim Louderman, insect division collections assistant at the Field Museum, and Spencer Campbell, the plant clinic manager at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
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