• Billions of 17-year cicadas about to hatch in Midwest
• Birds, squirrels, dogs love the high-protein critters
• 1.5 million cicadas per acre will crowd onto trees
• Male's shrill call can reach 90 decibels, similar to blender

The cicadas are coming.

There is a lot of popularity of this bug lately. I walked down the streets of Glen Ellyn and store windows had cicada bugs on there. Cold Stone even came out with a cicada ice cream flavor. It says it is supposed to be crunchy :)

My ears are going to hurt. I remember them from 17 years ago, but I thought it had spread over a few years. It was so loud and annoying. I was about 9 yrs old then.