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The Northern Illinois 17 year ciadas (brood XIII) are beginning their emergence!  

 

They are expected to fully emerge by Monday night to Tuesday morning!  We went hous hunting today and already saw a few of them!

 

I am so excited for my hubby to experience them!  I experienced them when I was ten years old and it is CRAZY!   1 to 1.5 MILLION will emerge per square acre  (a typical city block is approx 3 to 3 1/2 acres!!!!)  approx 311 will emerge per square yard of lawn space!  So yeah, tons of the little noisy guys!!!!

 

Last time dead ones were so deep in our back yard that they started rotting and stunk.  My dad had to vacuum them up with an indoor/outdoor vacuum!

 

One male cicada's mating song is compared to the sound of a blender.  So imagine over a million cicadas singing at once!  I remember it from when I was young and it is truly amazing.

 

WOW!  I CAN'T WAIT!