The Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants us to turn our cicada frustration into unique pieces of art to be featured in a new Cicada art show this summer.
Illinois will be crawling with billions of cicadas very soon. If you have these two things in your backyard, you're going to be seeing more cicadas than most.
For the first time in 221 years a rare cicada emergence will take place in Illinois in 2024 with single brood emergences in Indiana & Kentucky. While you may be tempted to eat them, they could be deadly for some.
There are many in Illinois that remember a time decades ago when cicadas were so thick, people had to remove them with snow shovels. Believe it or not, the incoming cicada army in 2024 will make that look like a minor event as experts say the Land of Lincoln is about to see more cicadas than it's seen in more than 200 years.