The Morton Arboretum in Lisle has evidence that the periodical cicadas have arrived.
These cicadas have been living underground for the past 17 years. They dig their way out of the dirt, leaving small, round holes under trees.The flying, red-eyed bugs emerge from the ground, mature, mate and start laying eggs in trees. Some younger or unhealthy trees could be severely damaged if not protected from the females, which deposit their eggs in small branches.
Horticulturalists at the Morton Arboretum wrapped smaller, more vulnerable plants that are on the preferred host list in tulle to protect them and act as a barrier."The neat thing about cicadas is that they're big enough, they don’t bite, they don’t sting. Anybody can go up and pick them up and so they’re a really great experience to show, especially young children because they will just sit there and you can see the beauty because the wings are so large.
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