Like a scene from a science-fiction movie, red-eyed insects are popping up now in freshly turned gardens, squirming beneath logs and stones and digging tunnels as they plot their escape.
After a 17-year wait, a few cicadas are making an early break from the subterranean world. If scientific predictions hold, the insects will appear en masse in the Chicago area May 22.
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Must be a metaphor for something...
Before long, the inch-long nymphs will emerge, find a nearby leaf and molt to become hard-shelled, black adults. They don't bite or damage property, but they'll make a tremendous racket as they desperately look for mates. A few weeks later, they'll die.
Which of the following most closely describes your reaction to them?
- 4.6% Charming (419 responses)
- 30.7% Intriguing (2805 responses)
- 29.0% Annoying (2648 responses)
- 23.6% Disgusting (2153 responses)
- 9.4% Terrifying (861 responses)
- 2.7% Appetizing (249 responses)
(Poll results not scientific, but idiotic)
1 comment:
News Item: "To mark the emergence of the 17-year periodical cicadas, the Field Museum will open a new exhibition. . . ."
Ed Savickas, a Chicago reader, wants to know when 17-year locusts became 17-year periodical cicadas, and when can we have 17-year locusts back?
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