insects.tamu.edu
The online news media has been anticipating the arrival of Brood II cicadas since the first daffodils bloomed. Here’s the coverage in a nutshell…
“There will be 30 million of them!”
“They’re coming! They’re coming!”
“Hundreds have been spotted in North Carolina” (which probably means an anonymous phone caller asked “I found this weird bug. What do you think it is?”)
“Really! They’re coming!”
“They’re hatching in southern Virginia!” (I live a few miles from the North Carolina border, which to me means southern Virginia. Ain’t seen, heard, nor smelt any yet.)
However, I like cicadas.
Anything that bumps politicians and celebrities off the news is a good thing.
sfnowak 