Morton Arboretum advises protecting trees with cicadas coming
LISLE, Ill. -- The massive periodical cicada emergence is inching closer and closer, and Chicago area residents are seeing signs in their own neighborhoods.Illinois is the center of emergence, which means there will be more cicadas than anywhere else in the country. Two broods are coming—the Chicago area will see Brood XIII, which emerges every 17 years, while the southern half of the state will see Brood XIX, which appears every 13 years.
' Arboretum staff are wrapping up trees, and advise anyone who has trees on their property should take precautions too—especially those with young trees in their yards.'They may want to consider protecting them, using a physical barrier,' Adams said. 'We recommend using a fine bird netting, or a tulle, which is the same material used to make tutus.' The arboretum will tutu about 500 trees this week.'They can kill individual branches,' Adams said.
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