Open in App
  • U.S.
  • Newsletter
  • ABC 7 Chicago

    Dupage County Forest Preserve reenacts imminent cicada brood emergence | VIDEO

    17 days ago

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0MS7ff_0smNkQU000

    Cicadas are soon emerging across Illinois.

    The Dupage County Forest Preserve is having some fun teaching people about them.

    ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch

    The forest preserve released a video on social media, reenacting how cicadas will emerge after 17 years.

    A woman even climbs up a tree in the video, and she sheds her "exoskeleton." In this case, it's her jacket.

    RELATED | When will the cicadas emerge? Chicago, Northern Illinois will see billions of noise-making bugs soon

    After that is when cicadas show their true colors. That's when the video starts including costumes.

    The forest preserve workers dressed like bugs for the video.

    One "cicada" uses a musical instrument that is supposed to represent how the males attract female mates.

    READ MORE | Chicago cicada invasion 2024: What to know about these loud, unique insects

    The reenactment continues with showing how the female cicadas dig into trees to lay eggs.
    Expand All
    Comments / 0
    Add a Comment
    YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
    Most Popular newsMost Popular

    Comments / 0