'This would be a cicada hotel. This would be what they look for.'
CHICAGO — The cicadas will be coming any day now.CBS 2 has been reporting about their arrival for months. We're set to see billions of the creepy crawly creatures, and communities are preparing for them.Greenspace within the city—it's beautiful, right? Drexel is a historic boulevard that has been undisturbed for the last 17 years. It's also prime cicada land, and every department is gearing up to respond to it.
Across Illinois, two different broods will crawl out of the ground at once, something that hasn't happened since Thomas Jefferson was president. Lough is ready for phone calls, but he said people need to know these cicadas are harmless and non-toxic and are only a concern for young trees.Trees you can cover. Speaking of trees…'A good analogy would be with the fall leaves.'Chicago departments aren't the only ones gearing up.
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