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slywy: Magicicada exoskeletons at Black Partridge Woods
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slywy: Soon discovered the emerged cicadas hanging out.
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slywy: Periodical cicada at Black Partridge Woods.
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slywy: “Love is in the Air” shirt from Christopher Arndt Postcards, modeled at Camp Reinberg in Palatine, where at the time there were only a couple dead cicadas by the cabin bench
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slywy: Riverside, where there were many, many cicadas
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slywy: Riverside
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slywy: Riverside
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slywy: Riverside and interest in the shoe
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slywy: I missed this sign at Morton Arboretum, so this is a borrowed photo
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slywy: Morton Arboretum
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slywy: Periodical cicada at Morton Arboretum
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slywy: “My mind to your mind, my thoughts to your thoughts” — periodical cicadas at Morton Arboretum
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slywy: An unintended next generation photo — I didn’t notice a second one until later
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slywy: Decent look at the googly eyes
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slywy: I didn’t notice the second one until later . . .
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slywy: The periodical cicadas liked my shoes
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slywy: Morton Arboretum
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slywy: Morton Arboretum
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slywy: Wasn’t sure how many cicadas there would be at Chicago Botanic Garden, so the sight of this one on a car in the parking lot was reassuring (as was the deafening chorus)
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slywy: They will land anywhere they need to; they’re not good flyers
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slywy: Chicago Botanic Garden not far from parking lot
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slywy: Cicadas will land anywhere . . .
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slywy: Visiting the Love is in the Air shirt
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slywy: They can be persuaded onto the hand
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slywy: Cicada emergence holes at Chicago Botanic Garden
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slywy: Cicadas were all over this tree
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slywy: Inadvertent action shot
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slywy: At Bremen Grove on a hot enough day for short pants, I discovered their clingy feet hurt enough to feel like a bite
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slywy: Many landed on me at Bremen Grove
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slywy: Bremen Grove